TDE415

School of Humanities \ Turkish Language and Literature

3

6

Elective

Turkish

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Turkish Language and Literature Undergraduate Program

In this course, the place of Sufism in Turkish literature will be revealed. After explaining the Sufi terms and the historical course of Sufism, important figures who have worked in this field in Anatolia and their works will be examined.

1. Yılmaz, H. K. (2022). Ana Hatlarıyla Tasavvuf ve Tarikatlar. İstanbul: Ensar Neşriyat.
2. Güzel, A. (2008). Dini - Tasavvufi Türk Edebiyatı El Kitabı. Ankara: Akçağ Yayınları.
3. Tatçı, M. (1990). Yunus Emre Divanı. Ankara: Kültür Bakanlığı Yayınları.
4. Duran, H. (2007). Hacı Bektaş Veli Velayetnamesi. Ankara: TDV Yayınları.
5. (2014). Besmele Tefsiri. Ankara: TDV Yayınları.
6. Köprülü, M. F. (1976). Türk Edebiyatında İlk Mutasavvıflar. Ankara: Diyanet İşleri Başkanlığı Yayınları.

The aim of this course is to examine Turkish Sufi literature.

1. Learns the Sufi culture, which is one of the sources of Turkish literature.
2. Recognizes important names who have written within the framework of this culture and their works.
3. Learns the methods of Sufi commentary.

Week 1: The Place of Turkish Sufi Literature in Turkish Literature. What is Sufism, what are the sources of the terminology of Sufism? What are Sufi terms?
Week 2: The Historical Course of Sufism. Target Audience, Staff and Sources of Sufism
Week 3: Forms of Poetry Used in Religious-Sufi Turkish Literature and Examples
Week 4: Forms of Poetry Used in Religious-Sufi Turkish Literature and Examples
Week 5: Major Sufis and Examples of Their Works
Week 6: Ahmed Yesevi
Week 7: Yunus Emre
Week 8: Hacı Bektaş Veli
Week 9: Mevlana
Week 10: Abdal Musa and Kaygusuz Abdal
Week 11: Süleyman Çelebi. Hacı Bayram Veli
Week 12: Nâbî. Kul Nesîmî

• Midterm 40 %
• Final 60 %