Ahmed Dursun Nâtıki's works titled Kürâse-i Nâtıka (review- critical text)

The aim of this thesis is to present the criticized text of Kürâse-i Nâtıka, which belongs to the 19th century classical Turkish literature and it is one of the annotations that were included on the verse dictionary of Luğat-i Hâcibî, to the scientific world, especially to the experts of verse dictionaries in ancient Turkish literature. For this study, firstly, different copies of the work in libraries were identified and then two copies were transcribed into the current alphabet. Finally, the attempt to present a solid criticized text by determining the differences between these copies. In our thesis study, in addition to the criticized text, we were able to take Natıki's life, and his literary personality, and an examination was made on this work from different aspects. Thus, it was an attempted to indicate the place and importance of another work among verse dictionaries.