Certain codes based on genetic have an affect when identity is built. In addition, social and environmental factors are also at play. The basis which Hippoltye Taine based his critism with “race, time and environment”, is a real concept for literature as well as those who are interested in literature. Although Orhan Okay is not directly a poet or a writer, his personality and academic identity are on a level which can be understood by Taine’s point of view. Orhan Okay’s curious, investigating sides earned him a passion for reading in his childhood, which happened through guidance of destiny. While developing a love for Anatolian people and mind of being useful from Nurettin Topçu, whom he met in his high school years, he also developed his scientist identity through Prof. Mehmet Kaplan. Instead of being an ordinary scholar, he created works which show his love for literature. In his works, with his scientist attention and rigor he avoids turning them into simple piles of information. His literary use of the language and his fluent tone sets the base in which he writes his scientific and cultural works. “Necip Fazıl- Sıcak Kezzap” and “Kağıt Medeniyeti” are some of his works which demonstrate his scientific and artistic side