Bereketzâde Ismail Hakkı?s Tafseer of Envâr-ı Qur?an and the other tafseer articles

Bereketzâde Ismail Hakkı is one of the last scholars of the Ottoman. The purpose of this study is that to introduce him and also to examine his written works, particularly, the ones regarding the Tafseer (interpretation of the Qur?an). In this paper:a)Written works of Bereketzâde, particularly, regarding the content of Tafseer, which genre the author has used, what sources he has used, what kind of comments he has made;b)Significance of these written works as well as the importance of the author for the Tafseer science.The answers to the above questions have been researched. At the direction of the answers, it was tried that to come to a result regarding the author?s tafseer.Although, scope of this research covers all the written work of Berektzade, it mainly focuses on his work which based on Tafseer. Primarily, his recollection and also other relevant sources have been used in the researches related to his life. In this field, his work of Yad-ı mâzi is the main source. Whereas, in the research of his tafseer, all of his works have been taken into consideration. At this coherence, Tafseer of Envar-ı Kur?an and Necâib-i Kur?aniyye are the written works which form the basis of this research. Some inferences and comments on his tafseer, have been made by refering to these two written works.Even though, it might seem that this study is formed by three parts, in terms of content of this study, it can be divided into two main parts including the life of Bereketzâde and his tafseer. His recollection was used when analysing his life, the main frame regarding his life, has been shaped according to his recollection. Some information that he has not mentioned in his recollectoin but some other sources have mentioned about himself, have been examined by comparing with his recollection and some corrections were made and some information was added when needed. During researching his tafseer, Tafseer of Envâr-ı Kur?an was used and his method was taken into consideration. The tafseer book was examined from Qur?an Sciences point of view by considering its subjects , and also it was tried to find out that how the author has thought about those subjects and how he has used those thoughts in his tafseer. The sources of the tafseer, its contents, its language, also its genre are some points that are examined at this stage. Also, some other thoughts in the tafseer that are considered to be important, have been pointed out. After that, his work, named Necâib-i Kur?aniyye was examined; some consideration was made in terms of its method and its contents. Due to its wide scope and to avoid from unnecessary repeating, different articles about the same topic were mentioned under one head. Some inferences were made about his tafseer in these articles.Some opinions and comments that he has pointed out in these articles, were mentioned under the different heads.At the end of this paper work, it can be seen that Bereketzâde was an important author in the Ottaman literature. And he has contributed with some crucial written works to different fields of studies. His work regarding the tafseer was in great demand among the tafseer scientists and also the public. However, his works are not too different from the others also it does not have the right qualities to mark the beginning of an era in the tafseer science. Envar-ı Kur?an is an incomplete piece of work therefore has a negative reputation as a tafseer book. This written work carries an important role as it is the first Turkish (Ottoman) tafseer ever.Key words: Tafseer, Last Period of Ottoman, Bereketzâde, Envâr-ı Kur?an, Necâib-i Kur?aniyye.