Common sufistic topics and concepts across divans of Mihrî Hâtun, Leylâ Hanım and Âdile Sultan

We were attracted to the fact that the meaning mentioned in the poems of the Sufi poets in the divans of Mihrî Hâtun, Leylâ Hanım and Âdile Sultan was expressed with the concepts and patterns of the divan literature; therefore, we carried out this research to see the effects of these three poets being Halvetî, Mevlevi and Nakşî dervishes in their poems. Mihrî Hâtun, an important divan poet who lived in Amasya in the XVth century and granddaughter of Pir Ilyas, who initiated the first Halveti movement in the Ottoman lands, was a wise lady who grew up in a family with a tradition of science and knowledge and attended the courts of Ottoman princes. In our study, our thoughts that the brave expressions in Mihrî Hâtun's poems arised from her Halvetî temperament were boosted with the evidence that Mihrî was a Halvetî dervish. Leylâ Hanım was one of our talented poets with scientific and literary background, who came from a distinguished family and had close relations with the palace. This Sufi and Mevlevi poet attracted attention with her poems for Mevlânâ. The order, harmony and music in her poems reflected the divine dance in the soul of the Mevlevi dervish. A lady who grew up in the palace and a follower of the Nakşîbendi tariqa, Âdile Sultan was the daughter of Ottoman Sultan Mahmud II. The reflections of the importance given to science and conversation by the Nakşî reveal itself in her poems. It was determined in our study that the concepts in common in the divans of Mihrî Hâtun, Leylâ Hanım and Âdile Sultan had deep mystical meanings. It is observed in most of the studies carried out until today that the Sufi identities of our poets have been ignored. Because the mystical metaphors they used in their poems were handled within the framework of the concepts and symbols of divan literature, it is understood that incomprehensible commentaries, forced explanations and unfounded claims were put forward about our poets. In this study, the concepts frequently used by our poets in their conventions wee tried to be explained in line with the main subjects and explanations in our classical works, which are considered to be one of the main sources of Sufism. As a result, it was seen that our poets reflected the joy of Halvetî, Mevlevi and Nakşî in their poems. In this study, why Sufi poets prefer to use metaphorical expressions and symbolic expressions was discussed, and brief information was given about Mihrî Hâtun, Leylâ Hanım, Âdile Sultan and their affiliated Halvetî, Mevlevi and Nakşî tariqas. The common concepts in Mihrî, Leyla and Âdile's divans were examined within the scope of Sufism. Key Words: Mihrî Hâtun, Leylâ Hanım, Âdile Sultan, Divan, Sufism, Common, Metaphor