Hikâye-i Mahmûd-ı Gaznevî

The purpose of this study is to provide information about the life and story of Mahmud-Ghaznavid since it is not a detailed study on the Mahmud-i Gaznevi story and to contribute to this story and the later studies of Turkish literature. Old Turkish Literature prose texts Hikâye-i Mahmûd-ı Gaznevî, which is a translation of the work we made the review. In the first part of the study, we started by giving information about the ‘Story Metin type which is considered as’ Narrative Texts ‘within the context of’ Texts Around the Event ‘which is evaluated within ü Literary Texts to work. In the second chapter, comprehensive information about Mahmûd-ı Gaznevî was made. In the third chapter, we analyzed Hikâye-i Mahmûd-ı Gaznevî in terms of form, content, language and expression. The text was translated into modern Turkish and we added the transcribed text to the end of the study. Since there is no study conducted on Hikâye-i Mahmûd-ı Gaznevî, this story has been examined in literary terms and important sources are presented to those who will work in the field of Old Turkish Literature. With this research, a story belonging to Old Turkish Literature was acquired. Thus, we hope that other researchers will have the opportunity to examine these source works in terms of language and expression. Keywords: Old Turkish Literature, Tale, Legend, Prose, Mahmud-ı Gaznevî