Birrî Mehmed Dede Divâni'nda Âyetlerden İktibâslar
Quotations from the Koran In The Birrî Mehmed Dede Divan

Summary/Abstract: Broadly speaking, behind every literary movement can be found a sort of heritage, both intellectual and cultural. As it is the case in the other countries’ literature, the Turkish literature too has its own rich and different sources which constitute some parts of the literature such as feelings, ideas, imagination, and social tendencies and inclinations, etc. Poets and writers of the literature in question try to explain all these in their works. One of the sources that Divan poets use is the Koran. As a result, in this context, we can say that the Koran is one of the sources that poets make use of. Poets use the Koranic verses, which guide people in various manners, quoting these verses either as “meaning” or as “words.” Because, as unshakable principles of the religion these verses are at the same time are the principles of the social life in which the poet himself lives. Birrî Mehmed Dede too, as one of these poets, who uses this source in his poetry by quoting some verses from the Koran. In addition to his eulogy poems such as lyric poems and date poems he also use verses in other types of poetry. Birrî gives examples showing that he himself is aware of the difference between “ahsen” quotation (the more or the most beautiful) and “hasen” quotation (the beautiful). The examples he gives indicate that he understands and he is able to use this art in poetry.

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