Sufism terms in Safiye Erol's works

Safiye Erol (1902-1964) devoted forty years to the world of writing; after her death, the value was understood. She is a prolific writer who has served literature with translations, stories, novels, articles, essays, jokes and various writings of thought. She expressed her art and world views in a sincere, fluent and brave way with her father's pen. The aim of the work named " Sufism Terms in Safiye Erol's Works" is to show the dominance of Safiye Erol in Sufism through Sufism terms in her works. In this study, the works of Safiye Erol and the sources related to the author were determined and the researches were made, the mystical terms in the works were determined and the dictionaries of the mystical terms were created. thematic classification of the mystical terms was determined and the obtained data were evaluated in the conclusion section. Based on the works examined in the study, it has been found that the author sometimes gives the Sufi thought in her works clearly and sometimes by making people feel it, and it is seen that the author gives the orders of the sect and the Islamic monastery in her works through guide people In addition, in the works of Safiye Erol, it was found that Islam religion and Islamic elders were given too much space with Sufism. One of the windows that Safiye Erol looked at life was sufism and therefore she preferred to use Sufi terms even in situations that had nothing to do with Sufism. As a result of the research; In seven of Safiye Erol's works, 300 Sufism terms and 14 specific names that have the characteristics of Sufism were identified. Key words: Safiye Erol; sufism; sufism terms.