Tradition and education in folk poetry between 13th and 15th centuries

The aim of this study is to analyze the tradition and educational elements in folk poetry between the 13th and 15th centuries. In the beginning of the study, information on Turkish Literature before and after the Islamic Religion is presented, and there has been focus on Sufism, the effect of Sufism in Anatolia and on religious order.Later in the study, the general political and social outlook in 13th, 14th and 15th centuries was analyzed, and detailed information has been presented in the study. Furthermore, attention was paid to the lives and the literary facets of poets who attracted attention in those centuries such as Hacı Bektâş-ı Velî, Yunus Emre, Said Emre, Âşık Paşa, Hacı Bayrâm-ı Velî, Seyyid Nesîmî, Kaygusuz Abdal, İbrahim Tennûrî, Eşrefoğlu Rûmî.In the part of the study, the subject ?Tradition in Folk Poetry? was analyzed in detail, the subject of tradition in poems of our Folk Poets who were chosen from the poets between 13th and 15th century was investigated. As a result of this research of the selected poets between 13th and 15th centuries, the first examples of ?The tradition of using pseudonyms? were found. Moreover, the example for ?Drinking? tradition (a tradition which means the poet drinks a cup of drink from a more wise man in his dream to fall in love and write poems) was found differently only in Kaygusuz Abdal. The tradition of ?Master ?apprentice?, which means the poet mentions his master in his poems, was found in the poems of Yunus Emre, Nesîmî and Kaygusuz Abdal. In the work of Yunus Emre, ?Risâlet'ün Nushiyye?, traces of the tradition of ?Composing a chronogram to commemorate a date? was found only in a verse at the end the work. The first example of ?The Tradition of Writing Nazires? was encountered in the nazire of Yunus Emre which he wrote for the poem of Ahmed Yesevi in XIII. century. In XIII, XIV and XV. centuries, İbrahim Tennûrî, Said Emre and Âşık Paşa wrote a nazire for one of Yunus Emre?s poems. A sample for ?Tradition of I said-he said style of Poem Writing? which is one of the minstrelsy traditions was encountered in one of İbrahim Tennûrî?s stanzas in XV. century; in addition, in this century, it was found that one of Eşrefoğlu Rûmî?s poems was entirely written with this tradition. The minstrelsy tradition samples for ?Troubadour encounters, Love Enigma Tradition and Playing Reed? were not encountered in the poems of the poets who were selected among XIII. and XV. centuries and analyzed in this study. In this part of the study, additionally, the subject of interaction was dealt in the poet works analyzed between XIII. and XV. centuries, and important points were listed in headings.In the part of this study, the subject of education was analyzed in the poems of the poets mentioned above, who were selected among the folk poets between XII. and XV. centuries, and three main topics as ?Religion, Mystic and Understanding of General Morality? were found as important elements in human education in that period. Subheadings were determined under these headings, and the findings were discussed by classification.Consequently, this study showed that the first samples of folk poetry traditions, not all but some, were seen before XVI. century. The usages of these examples in this study will turn into traditions after some time. Also, the study puts forward the view on human education of the society and the necessary elements in an ideal person in that period. In this way, the view of human and human education and suggested human models in the society in that period will be introduced.Key words: Folk Poetry, Mystic, Education, Moral