References/masnavis of classical Turkish literature

The present study which is entitled "References/Masnavis of Classical Turkish Literature" was prepared as PhD Thesis for the Branch of Classical Turkish Literature of Since of Turkish Language and Literature in the Institute of Social Sciences of Atatürk University. Firstly, it was aimed that the Turkish masnavis which were written from the 11th century to 20th century were investigated in terms of name, bibliographic, and also content. While some bibliographic knowledge about masnavis was given, content of them and studies about them such as thesis, books, articles with their masthead and date of publication were presented. Bibliography and content of knowledge about masnavis were collected books from libraries and current records on the internet. The subjects of this study were considered two main sub-subjects: "Common Titled Masnavis" and "Other Masnavis". While masnavis name were given, alphabetical order was taken into account. Beside title of masnavis, the date of Mohammedan and Christian era were given in brackets. As a result, 132 of common entitled masnavis and 55 of other masnavis were investigated above mentioned criteria in the present study. Key words: Masnavis, Classical Turkish Literature, Common Titled Masnavis, Other Masnavis