ITS 515 - Sources of Turkish Islamic Literature

Literature is the most important document of a nation's unique characteristics. It is possible to learn about the lives of nations, the state they have taken in history, the change their ideas and arts have undergone from the history of literature. Every new idea and art breakthrough is closely related to the general character of the nation to which it belongs, that is, the world of civilization.
This course aims to determine the basic characteristics of Turkish literature, to evaluate the sources it feeds on, and the aesthetic understanding it is based on; It aims to recognize the social and cultural environment in which this literature develops and to understand and interpret the works that direct us.

In the Turkish Islamic Literature courses, starting from the acceptance of Islam by the Turks to the Tanzimat Period in classical forms, and from there to the present day with various changes in the literature and the writers and poets revealing them will be examined. The Qur'an, the hadiths and the Qur'an (the stories of the Syrians and other prophets), Sufism (General Sufism, Tarikat-Tekke Literature and Menâkıb-ı Evliyâ), the sciences of the period, the local materials and Persian literature are the sources of this literature. Arabic, Persian and religious sciences, and the claims of these sciences are also among the subjects of the course.

1. Vildan Serdaroğlu-Edep Der Edebiyat, Mehmet Çavuşoğlu – Divan Şiiri, Klasik Türk Şiir Estetiği-Ahmet Atilla Şentürk,
2. Vuslat Yolculuğu-Cemal Kurnaz
3. Bahar Akarpınar- Sufi Kültüründe Semboller
4. Cemal Kurnaz-Vuslat Yolculuğu
5. Muhammet Nur Doğan-Aşk Üzerine
6. Teymur Erol-Klasik Türk Şiirinde Derviş Tipi
7. Abdurrahman Güzel-Yunus Emre’de İnsan Kavramı
8. Ömer Savran-Klasik Türk Şiirinde Beden Harf İlişkisi
9. Saadet Karaköse- Klasik Edebiyatımızda Elif
10. Ethem Cebecioğlu- Tasavvufta Kuş Sembolü
11. Safi Arpaguş- Tasavvufta Mantıku’t-tayr, Mevlânâ’da Hz. Süleyman ve Kuşdili Tasavvuru
12. Aşk Ve Zillet Şeyh-i San'an'ın Hikâyesi- Rasim Özdenören
13. Yavuz Bayram – Klasik Türk Şiirinde Duyguların Dili Çiçekler
14. Ozan Kolbaş- Güneşin Atları
15. Tolga Öntürk- Bâki Divanında Efsanevi ve Mitolojik Kahramanlar
16. Eyüp Demir- Divan Edebiyatında Geçen Musiki Aletleri Ve Bunlarla Alakalı Kelimeler
17. Selami Alan-Türk Edebiyatında İstanbul
18. Kadına Dair Yazılar-Amasya Üni. Bildiri Kitabı

Tasavvuf-William Chittick, Dinî-Tasavvufî Türk Edebiyatı El Kitabı-Abdurrahman Güzel, Yunus Emre Divanı, Âşıkların Hâlleri-Ahmet Gazâli, . Necla Pekolcay vd., İslâmi Türk Edebiyatında Şekil ve Nevilere Giriş,İstanbul 2000 2. Necla Pekolcay (1976), İslami Türk Edebiyatı, İstanbul. 3. Agah Sırrı Levent (1988), Türk Edebiyatı Tarihi, Ankara. 4. Ömür Ceylan (2000), Tasavvufi Şiir Şerhleri, İstanbul: Kitabevi. 5. Leyla İle Mecnun, İskender Pala, Kapı Yayınları 6. Muhammet Nur Doğan, Şeyh Galip Hüsn ü Aşk, Yelkenli Yay. 7. Kemal Yavuz, Gülşehrî-Gülşennâme I-II, Kırşehir Valiliği Yay. 2007Leyla İle Mecnun, İskender Pala, Kapı Yayınları  Muhammet Nur Doğan, Şeyh Galip Hüsn ü Aşk, Yelkenli Yay.  Kemal Yavuz, Gülşehrî-Gülşennâme I-II, Kırşehir Valiliği Yay. 2007

Lecture notes, articles and book recommendations will also be given in the course.

Your participation in the course is the most important part of the learning process. Attendance to the course is not just to come to the class and to sign; To attend the class regularly and on time means to participate actively in classroom practices and discussions. The lessons start just in time. It is your responsibility to inform you why you cannot attend the class before class.