A critical looking to Turkish grammar writing based on Muyessiretu'l-Ulûm

In Anatolian and Rumeli field, many grammar books related to the first written sources on Turkey's Turkish language were put down on paper at various periods as from the 13th century. Müyessiretü'l-Ulûm, which was written in 1530 by Bergamalı (Pergomonian) Kadri, has an exceptional place among these works. Müyessiretü'l-Ulûm, the first known Turkish grammar book in Anatolia, was arranged in the direction of Arabic bases due to some social and cultural factors. Starting from Müyessiretü'l-Ulûm, a large part of the grammar created until the republican period, was trying to be adapted to the patterns of Arabic grammar rules. In some of the works that are out of the scope mentioned above and written before the Republic, French grammar rules were taken as a basis. Along with the stream that taken the west as a model almost in every field, especially after the Tanzimat (Reforms) grammar books also took the French grammar rules as a measure. As a result of this approach, the influence of French grammar rules on Turkish grammar has begun to be felt in later periods. After the Republic, the tradition of taking grammar rules of foreign languages as an example was abandoned in a certain extent in many written works. In addition, written works that were suitable for the structure and function of the Turkish language were presented. However, since these written works in general were teaching works, it was not possible to elaborate on the characteristics of Turkish's voice, form, sentence, and meaning. Therefore due to the lack of sufficient monographs, the necessary specialization had not been achieved. However, the weakness of sampling and deprivation of identifying samples by acting on literary texts is another hurdle in our grammatical books. This study focuses on the problems and irregularities encountered in Turkish grammar by taking the main grammatical books written in Anatolia area as of Müyessiretü'l-Ulûm. To begin with Müyessiretü'l-Ulûm, the main grammatical books written between the Tanzimat (Reforms) and the Republic periods and the main works from the Republic to present constitute the population of this study. By examining the mentioned works in order, it has been tried to identify the main problems and irregularities seen in Turkish grammar writing. The topics covered during the study were classified under separate titles in the form of phonetics, morphology and syntax. Müyessiretü'l-Ulûm has been identified starting point for each title covered in the study. While the main problems of Turkish grammar writing were identified, the subjects that were included in each topic in the first stage were examined periodically starting from Müyessiretü'l-Ulûm. In the second stage, the main sources of each turn were compared among themselves to reveal the problems and irregularities in these works. In this view, both the discrepancies among the three periods and the problems and irregularities arising from the comparison among the works belonging to each period were tried to be determined. The point that should be emphasized at this point is the purpose of the study. This study does not allege to solve all the problems in Turkish grammar writing in a trice. The aim of this study is to identify the main problems of Turkish grammar with regard to phonetics, morphology and syntax and draw attention to the present problems and irregularities by presenting solutions for some of them.