In this article, a brief biography is given and information is provided on, the period Omer Seyfettin, one of the most widely read children's literature writers in Turkey lived in, and the subject of death and violence in 129 short stories he has written, compiled in 10 books, was analyzed. The data was subjected to computer aided quantitative analysis to determine at what level references were made to death and violence in these stories. Also, the subject of death and violence in stories was studied in the article by grouping them into various categories. In Category 1, what was the approach to war and the theme of war in stories; in Category 2, War and Child; in Category 3, the subjects of Illness, Misadventures, Suicide, Violence, Execution and Injury, which are the causes for individual deaths, were dealt with. The meaning of the violence-filled content of these stories in terms of children was discussed. (Contains 2 tables.)