Kitâb-ı Üstüvânî (linguistic analysis-text-index)

In this study, it is aimed to publish the work called Kitâb-ı Üstüvânî, which includes the sermons of Muhammed b. Ahmed b. Muhammed eş-Şâmî el-Hanefî el-Üstüvânî (M.1017/1072) - (H.1608/1661), and to examine the grammar features. The work was written by a student of Üstüvânî who did not give his name. This study, which was prepared as a master's thesis; It consists of five sections: introduction, language review, text and index-dictionary. In the introduction, the changes that occurred in the lives of the Turks with the acceptance of Islam; the translation of the Qur'an into Turkish, the effects of Arabic and Persian on Old Anatolian and Classical Ottoman Turkish are emphasized. Afterwards, the copies of the work called Kitâb-ı Üstüvânî were introduced and the description of the examined copy was made. Finally, the method applied in the establishment of the text and the creation of the index are discussed. In the analysis section, the distinctive aspects of this work, which has the characteristics of the 18th century Classical Ottoman Turkish, but also maintains the spelling, phonetic and morphological features of the Old Anatolian Turkish, are shown in terms of spelling, sound and structure. In the text section, the work has been transcribed. In the index section, the dictionary of the text is created. Keywords: Classical Ottoman Turkish, Kitâb-ı Üstüvânî, text edition, linguistic analysis