Erzurumlu Emrah`ın hayatı ve eserleri

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was far away and he begins to have a mature personality by the dream of that beaü- ful girl at that lonely conditions. Emrah, met Fuzuli at a bridge leading to lover. At this meeting, there was people submitting and making way for that man, Fuzuli, walking with self confient steps and wide glance. But Emrah's steps was easily frightened by his villager shyness. And at the time presenting his last present `his life`, Emrah is also telling in a bared narration. Although he was a folk bard, he has been pride of himself for using the complex childish words he knew. His biggest loss is at that point. If he had told like Hr Sultan Abdal, Karacaoğlan or Dadaloğlu he might be of help to folk poety in many different ways. He has generally forgotten at his language tissue that he was a man born at Erzu- rum's Tanbura Village and of a society that's dropping barley and rye. Drecting to wards these complex words, perhaps diverted him that, they might make people think about him that, they might make people think about him as ` Many well infor med man ` Of cource it would be better if he hadn't fell such necessity and have this inclination to imitate. Emrah is a poet of the period which the Divan Literature Poems were strangly seen in Turkish Folk Poetry. Poem's double structure are of which is directing to wards public and the madrasah's favour was really a loss for Emrah. The superiority of Emrah's poems are on the syllable examples His poet humanity that is loved by public heaps can be seen in these poems. For Anatolian man, love is a waiting full if a hope, an insisting, a collapsing and being deceived. Till his childhood he was feeding by stories. Shepheard who is in love with Sultan's daughter, do anything and even eat yogurt in the bewl without destroying it's glide! At the end, he perhaps marry her or he red- vees to ashed at this sake if he couldn't manage to reach her. Such a condition, don't let people see any at the reality. The pure hardnesses which are in front of him. are pushed for away. Concolations embraces with dreams. And the humanbeing begin looking for the shelters that is the easiest solution. Orients' people's came of happiness is love. Emrah has so many times of being hopeless, submitting to love and reproaching to fate. Another hand, sometimes he go to his lover with a lovely plendernes, and co urage. Appropriating lover with a never giving up quantity, Emrah, if it's necessary, shows his character that can even die for this sake. Ide tells in courage his desine of rebelling and resisting in the case that he has to seperate by his lover.SUMMARY When we enter to the mysterious world of Turkish Culture and Civilization, we meet wonderful beauties that make us fascinated and amazed. At many places of the world, the works of our ancesters make us be proud of them. By reason that they make architectural works that are thought as incredible when looked at the technical possibilities of their centruy. All these successes are not only seen in architecture but also in the field of art and science, too. `Marifemame`, which belongs to İbrahim Hakkı from Erzurum, imply knowledges from astronomy to medical science. It is even seen as a text book at some of the western universities. We can count many Turkish greatmen at literature and philosophy. Some of the most famous ones are: Mevlana who is known with his approach of `Whatever you are, come!` and among our minstrels. Köroğlu, Karacaoğlan, Dadaloğlu. Dertli. Zihni from Bayburt and Emrah from Erzurum. Emrah from Erzurum who is a minstrel of XHX centurv colored Turkish Folk Li- terature with his poems and folk sags is the subject of this thesis. It is thought that Emrah from Erzurum is born between the years ( 1780 - 1785 ). His place of birth is the Tanbura Village, that is a few hours away from Erzurum. Emrah from Erzurum, being affected from the stories of the minstrels he heard and having the fancy of travelling, left his village in his early ages and came to Erzu rum for Madrasah education. Emrah couldn't get used to the boring atmosphere of the madrasah and decided to leave. Returning to his village, he stayed there for a short time, but he left there in early one morning with his camel colored aba and his thin turban that is surrounding with white felt kulah thinking that the village has been alienated. Passing from Bay burt and Gümüşhane he climbed over Kop Mounts and arrived Trabzon. He became a guest to Mazlumoğlu's cafe. He had sang and played `saz` ( a stringed instrument ) in the evenings. He felt in love with a gipsy girl named ` Güleser in Trabzon. But the girl's family didn't want their daughter to marry him and left Trabzon. Going after them and searching for the girl for a short time Emrah couldn't succeed and thought that there was no reason to stay in Trabzon and leaving there went back to his villa ge. After staying here for some time again early in a morning he took the road. Lea ving many villages and cities behind him, he came to Kastamonu. Emrah go on travelling without resting and arrived Sivas. He told his feelings with his saz and his voice very much. One day while he was wandering at shopping district, he felt in love with a young widow named ` Mahi` He has married ` Mahi` iiiSUMMARY When we enter to the mysterious world of Turkish Culture and Civilization, we meet wonderful beauties that make us fascinated and amazed. At many places of the world, the works of our ancesters make us be proud of them. By reason that they make architectural works that are thought as incredible when looked at the technical possibilities of their centruy. All these successes are not only seen in architecture but also in the field of art and science, too. `Marifemame`, which belongs to İbrahim Hakkı from Erzurum, imply knowledges from astronomy to medical science. It is even seen as a text book at some of the western universities. We can count many Turkish greatmen at literature and philosophy. Some of the most famous ones are: Mevlana who is known with his approach of `Whatever you are, come!` and among our minstrels. Köroğlu, Karacaoğlan, Dadaloğlu. Dertli. Zihni from Bayburt and Emrah from Erzurum. Emrah from Erzurum who is a minstrel of XHX centurv colored Turkish Folk Li- terature with his poems and folk sags is the subject of this thesis. It is thought that Emrah from Erzurum is born between the years ( 1780 - 1785 ). His place of birth is the Tanbura Village, that is a few hours away from Erzurum. Emrah from Erzurum, being affected from the stories of the minstrels he heard and having the fancy of travelling, left his village in his early ages and came to Erzu rum for Madrasah education. Emrah couldn't get used to the boring atmosphere of the madrasah and decided to leave. Returning to his village, he stayed there for a short time, but he left there in early one morning with his camel colored aba and his thin turban that is surrounding with white felt kulah thinking that the village has been alienated. Passing from Bay burt and Gümüşhane he climbed over Kop Mounts and arrived Trabzon. He became a guest to Mazlumoğlu's cafe. He had sang and played `saz` ( a stringed instrument ) in the evenings. He felt in love with a gipsy girl named ` Güleser in Trabzon. But the girl's family didn't want their daughter to marry him and left Trabzon. Going after them and searching for the girl for a short time Emrah couldn't succeed and thought that there was no reason to stay in Trabzon and leaving there went back to his villa ge. After staying here for some time again early in a morning he took the road. Lea ving many villages and cities behind him, he came to Kastamonu. Emrah go on travelling without resting and arrived Sivas. He told his feelings with his saz and his voice very much. One day while he was wandering at shopping district, he felt in love with a young widow named ` Mahi` He has married ` Mahi` iiiEmrah whose life lasted abroad, is very sincere when he can give small things from his past. Emrah is not an egoistic person while he was a traveller. It's normal that he has similar ways of telling the truth and personal freedom with Ruhi from Bağdat. Because he, also, sincerely determining himself. Emrah learns the value of desine of reaching the lover in it's every way when he was far away and he begins to have a mature personality by the dream of that beati- ful girl at that lonely conditions. Emrah, met Fuzuli at a bridge leading to lover. At this meeting, there was people submitting and making way for that man, Fuzuli, walking with self confient steps and wide glance. But Emrah's steps was easily frightened by his villager shyness. And at the time presenting his last present `his life`, Emrah is also telling in a bared narration. Although he was a folk bard, he has been pride of himself for using the complex childish words he knew. His biggest loss is at that point. If he had told like Hr Sultan Abdal, Karacaoğlan or Dadaloğlu he might be of help to folk poety in many different wavs. He has generally forgotten at his language tissue that he was a man born at Erzu- rum's Tanbura Village and of a society that's dropping barley and rye. Drecting to wards these complex words, perhaps diverted him that, they might make people think about him that, they might make people think about him as ` Many well infor med man ` Of cource it would be better if he hadn't fell such necessity and have this inclination to imitate. His languoge is full og Arobic and Persion words. This is the result of his interent m meditation. But, Emrah is more successfl in his lyric songr. There poem, are pure, smoothe and fluent. Emrah wrote his poems in prosody and in syllobic mettre. However, the poems he wrote in prosody are weaker then the ones written in syllobic mettre. These types of poem, one defective in their use of rhythm technique. Emrah wrote poems for Fuzulî. Bakî. Nef î, Nedim and Şah Ismail but they one weaker than the orgionel one. Most of the poets have a common point. It is that they all drink wine when they are 15-20. The adorer who dreamed his lover sooner on later obtains an instrument and leavers his hometown. The main theme of Emrah's poems is absence from home. Absence of home and separation mentioned together. Among other topics are the disloyalty of the lover, and the impossibility of fin ding a medical treatment for love affairs. Besides this meditation and his belief of the visects are among other themes. Emrah is the master of some other poets like Tokatlı Nuri, Gedâi. His poem are still being appreciate My study, whose subject matter is the life and the works of Emrah from Erzurum who is a minstrel of our Turkish Folk litersture and lived in XTX. Contury, is prepa red as a Thesis in Graduate Program in the gield of İ.T.Ü Social Sciences Institute, Pre Art Main Art Branch, Turkish Folk Dances. This study censists of 3 sections. In the first section, the studies were made on the works of the researchers who se arched for Emrah from Erzurum, and knowledge about his life is given. In the secand section, some examples of his works in syllabic meter ( hece ölçüsü^ Kalenderi, Nazire, Divan and Aruz stvles are «iven. »* In the third section, the minstrel' s folk songs that are included in Turkish Folk song repertoine are studied. vu