Cemaleddin-i Uşşaki`nin hayatı, eserleri ve Divanı`nın edisyon kritiği

Abstract

To determine the role of Cemâleddîn-i Uşşâkî in our literature, about whom there is not sufficient information in our history of literature, by researching his life, work and personality. The research consists of an introduction and three parts. In the introduction part information about the rise of religious-sufism literature, its products and political and literary characteristics of the period in which the author lived is given. In part I and II author's life and his works are given. In part III edition criticism of his dîvan and comparative text are given. Cemâleddîn-i Uşşâkî is a litterateur, a scientist, a sufi and a sheikh who lived in Adrianople and Istanbul between 1 102-1 164 (A.D. 1690-1751). He joined Mohammed Hamidi Bağdadi, the sheikh of the Uşşâkî in Adrianople, with the influence of his family environment. He became a dervish in a short period and took his certificate from the sheikh. His cooperation with the sheikh ended in a short time as his sheikh died in 1128 (AD. 1716). After his sheikh's death he attended conversations of the sheikh of Gülşeniye Tarikatı, poet Seza-i Gülşeni, in Adrianople. After the sheikh's death in 1150 (AD. 1737) he stayed in Adrionople for a period. Upon a spiritual signal sent to him he migrated to Istanbul in 1152 (AD. 1742). At that time the sheikfi of Hirami Ahmed Pasha Tekkesi in Savaklar, Mohammed Efendi, died. So he was appointed as the sheikh of this tekke and carried on the enlightenment activities of this tekke according to the methods of Uşşâkî Tarikatı up to his death. He wrote his divan wit prosody using a simple and comprehensible style of writing. In his divan there are some forms of religious literature such as: tevhid, münacat, nat and gazel. As many dervish poets, Cemâli his poems with a clear and ascetic style. He did not write for artistic purposes. Although he gave place to `Tevhid` more than ` Vahdet-i Vucud`, he wrote many poems explaining the principles of Vahdet-i Vucud. As a result, he is a poet who worked on sophistic content successfully especially in a period that the Sufis Literature and its content were about the disappear. 290The divan written by Cemâleddîn-i Uşşâkî is not known well by the literary and sophistic circles. Cemâleddîn-i Uşşâkî died in 1164 (AD. 1751) in Istanbul and has been buried into the graveyard of the tekke in which he worked. 291