Klâsik Türk Şiirinde Şarkı ve İlk Örnekler
Song in Turkish Classic Poetry and its First Examples

Summary/Abstract: The first verse types in the literature of every nation change and develop over time, and they are direct products of their national prodigy. These forms make their effects felt in subsequent periods as well. Song, derived from Turkish poetic traditions and tastes, and seen only in Turkish literature as the national verse form, illustrates one dimension of national motif in divan poetry. The quatrains of old Turkish verse type play an important role in the development of the Islamic-era Turkish literature. One of the verse types of classical poetry is song. The first poet to use song in classical Turkish literature and divan was Nâ’ilî. His songs are accepted as the first and most beautiful examples of this type in his era and are distinguished by the plain language he used, relatively simple compared to others in his era. Song, derived from Turkish poetic traditions and tastes, and seen only in Turkish literature as the national verse form, illustrates one dimension of national motif in divan poetry. In this study, we will elaborate on the source and first examples of song which was the most popular and widespread type of poetry after the lyric poem (gazel) in the late periods of divan poetry.

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