ABOUT THE POET PORTRAIT THAT ALI EMIRI EFENDI OF DIYARBAKIR FORMED OR FICTIONALIZED IN SOME QASIDA NASIBS
DİYARBAKIRLI ALİ EMÎRÎ EFENDİ’NİN BAZI KASİDE NESİBLERİNDE ÇİZDİĞİ VEYA KURGULADIĞI ŞAİR PORTRESİNE DAİR

Author : Kamile ÇETİN
Number of pages : 133-142

Abstract

When the relation between the art in general, the literature in private and the state is taken into consideration, the six-century period when the Ottoman State appeared in history is a period in which the Ottoman Literature ,the longest-termed period of Turkish Literature, developed. A lot of poet and author appeared within a ruled wide geography during the period of the lifterary tradition in question. Several centers are especially remarkable in terms of literary personalities in number and accordingly literary works. Within this context, Diyarbakır is a place that have come into prominence with its two hundred Diwan poets that grew in Ottoman period. When Diyarbakır and Ottoman Literature are mentioned, some poets or authors come to mind firstly. One of these names is Ali Emiri Efendi of Diyarbakır, who is known with his interest in collecting books, donated his complete collection of books and founded Millet Library, found and introduced Mahmud al-Kasgari’s Diwan Lughat al-Turk (Compendium of Languages of the Turks), a significant book in terms of Turkish language culture and history, to science world. Besides beforementioned features and a lot of books, Ali Emiri Efendi had a Diwan in which he collected his poems. In our paper, we will emphasize what type of a poet’s portrait Ali Emiri Efendi fictionalized before starting the compliment in the opening sections (nasibs) of some qasidas. So, within the context of qasida nasibs of Ali Emiri Efendi, who devoted his life to books and science, we will try to find clues about the inner world of an artist in Ottoman Literature in which the books were written within the rules much as some breakings appeared in the century when the poet lived.

Keywords

Ottoman Literature, Diyarbakır, Nasib, Psychological Portrait, Ali Emiri Efendi

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