Husamzade Mustafa Efendi and the critical edition of his work called al-Resalah al-shawqiyah

This study called ?Husamzade Mustafa Efendi and The Critical Edition of His Work called al-Resalah al-shawqiyah? consists of an introduction and four chapters.In the introduction, we have examined the short history of the art of letter writing/insha because al-Resalah al-shawqiyah had been a collection of letters that contains Arabic, Persian and Turkısh letters of the author. In this context, we have touched on the development of the art of letter writing in the Arabic, Persian and Turkish literatures until the end of XVth century that Husamzade Mustafa Efendi (d. after 893/1488) lived in.In the first chapter, we have given information about political, military, social economic and scientific situations of Ottoman State in the periods of Murad II, Fâtih Sultan Mehmed and Bayezid II that the author lived in. In addition, we have examined the life and works of the scholar.In the second chapter, we have given informaton about the copies of al-Resalah al-shawqiyah that constitutes our topic of the study and made its general description.In the third chapter, we have examined the letters of al-Resalah al-shawqiyah in respect of form, content, language and style of writing.In the fourth chapter, we have presented the full text of al-Resalah al-shawqiyah criticized and also prepared the indexes that contain themes, verses, hadithes, proverbs, poems, names of people and places etc.