Hayâlât-i Dil (examination-text)

In our study, Hasan Tevfik Efendi's work named Hayâlât-ı Dil, which was published in 1868, was transcribed and the work was examined in terms of shape and content features. The work which was written in Tanzimat Period was handled by taking into consideration the features of the period. This work consists of introduction and three parts. In the introduction part, the subject and the objective of the thesis, its method, the work and the period in which the work was written were examined. In the first part, the information about the writer's life and his works was given. The second part consists of the work's shape and content features. In the third part, translation text marks and the transcribed text take place. At the end of the study, the way followed in the setting up the text, the result that revealed from all this study, the sources benefitted from during the study and facsimile were added. Key Words: Hasan Tevfik, Tanzimat Period, Transition Work, Modernization, Critical Approach, Allegory.