Divan of Ferdi Abdullah

In this thesis, we aimed at reconstructing the Divan of Ferdi Abdullah Efendi by comparing the copy of Süleymaniye Library with the copy of İzmir library with an edition critque technic. By doing this, the life and literary characteristic of Ferdi Efendi has been set fort.Abdullah Ferdi Efendi is a poet living in 19th century. He was born in Kasaba/Turgutlu of Manisa. His date of birth is not known by researchers. After earning his education in İstanbul, he was appointed to Kasaba as a head imam of the town. After serving for a while as a müfti in Kasaba, he returned to İstanbul and died there in 1857.Our thesis consits of three chapters. In the first chapter, an information about the life, literary particularity and works of the poet has been given. In the second chapter, poems taking place in Divan have been examined from the perspective of their structure and contents, and the copies of the divan have been compared. In the final chapter, the text with an edition critique technic has been reconstructed. In this final chapter, a result has been put forward and a glossary has been presented.Key Words: Ferdi Abdullah Efendi, Divan, Kasaba, edition critique technic