Manuscript conk found in Tunceli Vecihi Timuroğlu Library

This work includes poems by poets who have an important place in the Alevi-Bektashi tradition. The Cönk contains poems by leading figures of the Alevi-Bektashi poetry tradition such as Hatayî, Nesimi, Pir Sultan Abdal, Virani, Yemini, Kul Himmet, Turabi, Naili, Kalender Abdal, Yesari Baba. It is a cönk consisting of 36 leaves with literary and religious content, including prayers that have an important place for the Alevi-Bektashi community and Sunni communities, as well as speeches and breaths. This Cönk includes the basic elements of the Alevi-Bektashi belief such as divine love, devotion to Hazrat Muhammad and Hazrat Ali, love for the Ahl al-Bayt, affection for the twelve imams, mourning for the tragedy of Karbala, and the Assembly of the Forty. The breaths in the conk highlight the love of Allah and an understanding of knowledge based on religion and faith. In the speeches, the idea that Hazrat Ali is the authority of sainthood and the light of Allah is frequently emphasized.