Analysis of Diwan of Yusuf Hakiki Baba in terms of religious-sufism word, expression and concepts

In order to know the stages of historical development of the Diwan literature and to be able to examine structural differences seen in this process, first of all it is necessary to determine related texts to subject. Following by this determination, it should be examined one by one the products of Diwan's literature, a language treasure at the same time, in order to find the connections between before and after works and to reveal possible impacts between them. The continuation of the analysis studies in the field of Diwan literature is of great significance in order to reveal besides the wealth in feelings and imaginary world of the poets, to indicate the religious, social and cultural elements related to the society in which they live. In this frame, we have decided to examine on religious and sufistic word, expression and notions in diwan of Yusuf Hakiki Baba who is in the position of the leader of the Bayramism in Aksaray in the 15th century. Yusuf Hakiki Baba who had written various works in verse and in prose with sufistic context, is known as an important sufi poet and prose-writer in the field of literature of Sufism. In our work, after the religious and sufistic word, expression and notions which are found in the diwan in question were primarily determined, the couplets or the weirs in which each notion passed were examined thoroughly. In the study, by being brought together religious and sufistic word, expression and concepts with common meanings and images in religion and sufistic meaning, was tried to be showed not only the shape of imagination of the poet but also the influence on imaginations of notions mentioned in the frontier of this mentality.