Istanbul University Library T.Y. transcription and content analysis of song magazine no. 03276

In this study, the "Şarkı Mecmuası" (Song Anthology), registered under the number T.Y. 03276 at Istanbul University, which is estimated to have been compiled in the second half of the 19th century, has been examined. The manuscript does not contain any information regarding its author. The study consists of three main sections. In the first section, the anthology is defined and classified, and general information about güfte mecmuası (lyrics anthologies) is provided. The second section analyzes the manuscript in terms of its "Content" and "Formal Characteristics," and addresses the principles followed in the examination of the text, including issues related to orthography and textual structure. To facilitate the use of the anthology, several tables regarding its content have been prepared. In the third section, the text has been transcribed from Ottoman Turkish into the modern Turkish alphabet. Furthermore, additional information not found in the manuscript but identified in sources such as the Divan Makam and Turkish Classical Music Notation Archive has been included in the footnotes and tables.