1953-2012 Yılları Arasında ‘Türk Dili’ Dergisinde Yayımlanan Ali Şir Nevâyî Konulu Yazıların İncelenmesi

Abstract

Regarding literature history, periodicals have an essential place in our cultural life. Periodicals, which are the places where historical, literary, and intellectual activities arise and grow or are followed, and public opinion is formed, are the most important reference sources for the next generations as well as providing detailed information about the cultures of nations. One is Türk Dili (Turkish Language - ISSN 1300-2155), a monthly language and literature journal published since October 1951 by the Turkish Language Institution, Turkey's leading scientific and cultural institution. The journal publishes essays, poems, stories, criticism, and similar literary products, scientific or popular articles dealing with the current problems of Turkish and Turkish literature and translations. In our study, the studies published on ʿAlī Shīr Navāʾī, which were transferred to the Periodicals Database of the journal and made available for access, were scanned. Navāʾī is a poet who is recognized as a unique poet in world literature for the degree of his art, his services to the development of national literature, his numerous works, and his significant influence on the life of society and nation as a statesman. The purpose and importance of this study are to investigate and determine the extent to which the journal Türk Dili, which is a well-established publication of a well-established state institution, gives space to Navāʾī, the famous Turkish sage, who is remembered with respect and admiration by the poets in the Anatolian field, whose poems are written in verse and who is recognized as the person who has rendered the most outstanding service to the Turkish language after Kashgarlı Mahmut. The breakdown of the texts scanned from the studies published on Navāʾī in the Periodicals Database of the journal is shown chronologically in a table. In addition, these texts were categorized by content analysis method. The study concluded that the journal, which continues to be published, has given wide coverage to Nevâyî since its establishment, published a special issue for the poet, and emphasized the poet in the articles accessed from the Periodicals Database (1953-2012). However, it is thought that Navāʾī, about whom memorial meetings are organized in many European countries and whose corpus is published in various languages, should be given more attention in Turkey. Considering the place/impact of Navāʾī, the fifteenth-century classical period poet of Chagatai literature, in Turkish language and literature, it is understood that these works and activities are essential but insufficient. According to our current knowledge, no research is aimed at analyzing the studies on Navāʾī in any periodical publication. It is hoped that this first research, thought to contribute to the field, will pioneer in enriching different periodicals.