IMM Ataturk Library Poetry Journal no. BEL_YZ_K.04434 (analysis-text)

The work that is the subject of this study is a poetry journal registered with the number Bel_Yz_K. 04434 in the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Atatürk Library. After the general introduction of this journal, which consists of 93 sheets of paper, and the content analysis, the transcripted text is presented. If the poems in the journal are in printed or handwritten divans (poem collections), comparisons are made, and the differences are indicated in the footnotes. The compositor of the journal and the date of its arrangement could not be determined. Most of the poems were written in the form of ghazal verses. In the journal, which includes the poems of various poets who lived from the 13th century to the 19th century, the century and poems of approximately 50 of the 63 poets are known. More than half of the poems in the journal, which consists of 246 poems in total, contain concepts, phrases, symbols and themes belonging to the Alevi-Bektashi tradition. The fact that besides poets such as Azbi, Dertli, Fazil, Fuzuli, Hatayi, Hayali, Husni, Kaygusuz Abdal, Kethudazade Arif, Kul Nesîmî, Misali, Muhiti, Pir Sultan Abdal, Sacid, Sururi, Shiri, Vahdeti and Virani, the poems – especially those expressing love and devotion to the Ahl Al-Bayt - of poets belonging to sects such as Mawlawiyya, Naqshbandiyah, Khalwatiya and Qadiriyya, as well as Alevi-Bektashi poets such as Vahdeti and Virani are included in the journal, makes it possible to evaluate the journal as a journal with Alevi-Bektashi content. Most of the poems in the journal belong to Seyyid Nesîmî, one of the seven great poets of the Alevi-Bektashi tradition. Keywords: Poetry Journal, IMM Ataturk Library, Bel_Yz_K.04434, Turkish-Islamic Literature, Alevi-Bektashi, Ahl Al-Bayt.