Study Text of Ishaq Khâjesi Ahmad b. Hayreddin Güzelhisari's Forty Hadith Translation

The aim of this thesis is to edit a criticial text and to study the text in point of form and content with Ishaq Khâjesi Ahmad b. Hayreddin Güzelhisari's Forty Hadith Translation. Next, in first chapter, information was presented about life and works of Ishaq Khâjesi and dealed following the clues of views oof the poet. In the second chapter, Forty Hadith Translation was analyzed from the point of from content. Forty Hadith was studied taking into account the order which the author followed and the concepts which he used. In the third chapter, geneology and edition of critical text was constructed using available copies of Forty Hadith Translation. The study was completed with the chapter of conclusion in which a general asessment was made. Keywords: Forty Hadith, Ishaq Khâjesi, Islamic and Turkish Literatüre.