Yekgûş Dîvân (Analysis, critical text, index)

Divans, which occupy a distinguished place among text-based works representing the core of Classical Turkish literature studies, possess significant value regardless of the century in which they were composed. The tradition of writing divans -whether arranged systematically or not- has been maintained for centuries in accordance with a particular method, ensuring the continuity of the strong connection between past and future. As works that reflect both a shared literary language and the traces of social change and transformation, divans serve as touchstones of a robust civilization's literary sphere. For this reason, they have consistently attracted the interest of researchers in every period. Abdülkâdir Bilgiç (d. 1880–1957), who lived from the last quarter of the nineteenth century to the first half of the twentieth century, was a scholar and poet raised in the Nehrî Madrasa, one of the significant centers of the Naqshbandī-Khalidī school. He belonged to a family distinguished for its scholarly and Sufi background. His Yekgûş Dîvân, which is thought to have been completed in 1955 and which reflects both the environment in which he lived and the cultural heritage he inherited, comprises two manuscripts -one 107 folios and the other 147 folios- most of which consist of panegyrics and elegies. In addition to its religious and mystical characteristics, the work also reveals the author's scholarly disposition. Bilgiç states that he composed the divan in order to preserve the names and renown of great predecessors, to guide future generations toward these esteemed figures, and thereby to ensure the continuity of cultural heritage. The divan contains numerous Turkish, Persian, and Kurdish poems written in various verse forms and genres. vii This study aims not only to present the life and literary persona of Abdülkâdir Bilgiç -about whom no information is found in biographical sources- but also to make available to researchers the transliterated text and analysis of his Yekgûş Dîvân. In this context, a general outline of the author's life and literary character has been drawn based on information obtained from three written sources and from the divan itself; subsequently, the work has been analyzed in terms of form and content, and a transliterated text prepared from the two extant manuscripts has been included. The appendices present the compiled index, copies of Abdülkâdir Bilgiç's official service records, and selected samples from the manuscript copies.

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