The information in the historical sources about Tatavlalı Mahremi, one of the interesting and unique poets of Turkish literature with his life and his works which have a rich historical background is very limited and repeatedly. There is no information in the sources about his life and activities in the Balkans except last years of his life in Salonica. In this article, Mahremi’s three qasidas are going to be evaluated together with the information from the historical sources. According to this, Mahremi lived fifteen years in the Balkans and while he was an official, he attended to the Belgrade campaign of Suleiman, the Magnificent and the Mohaç War. His detailed descriptions of the historical events that he witnessed improve that he was a successful observer and he has a full knowledge of military language. He used the expression wealth of Turkish successfully with depicting some historical events detailly. On the other hand, he contributed to the historical progress of Turkish with his poems written by plain Turkish and also historical texts. In this article, interdisciplinary studies are going to be illustrated and his approaches on Turkish language and history in the first half of the 16th century are going to be held according to his three qasidas of Mahremi. And also, Mahremi’s works and the findings of the other disciplines in the historical language and literature studies are going to be evaluated.
Primary Language | Turkish |
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Subjects | Literary Studies |
Journal Section | ARAŞTIRMA MAKALELERİ |
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Publication Date | October 25, 2022 |
Submission Date | September 5, 2022 |
Published in Issue | Year 2022 Volume: 6 Issue: 2 |
Journal of Literary Criticism is a refereed journal published in the scope of literature.