Turkic World Research Articles

Iran’s Soft Power Tools in Kyrgyzstan

The article examines the use of “soft power” tools used by Iran in relation to Kyrgyzstan. The analysis of the evolving fundamental concepts of Iranian foreign policy in Central Asia allowed us to trace a shift in the Islamic Republic’s international priorities in the region. Objective logic prompted the Iranian leadership to move from “exporting the Islamic revolution” to the pragmatic model of pursuing its national interests. Iran has consecutively incorporated soft power tools into its foreign policy activities in Central Asia. Given the pressure from the sanctions imposed by the United States, Iran attaches particular importance to improving the effectiveness of its soft power in order to expand cooperation horizons with the outside world. By the end of the 20th century, Iran’s leadership had already laid the foundations of its cultural diplomacy in the region, which mainly served to promote influence through the export of cultural values. The Iranian approach to soft power in world politics is based on the principles of reciprocity between different civilizations and peaceful coexistence of all countries and peoples. Through the Persian language, philosophy, literature and poetry, Iran influences the population of the Central Asian region, mainly the peoples sharing certain features with the Turkic-speaking world. Iran’s cultural and educational activities in Kyrgyzstan have demonstrated noticeable dynamics: the spread of soft power of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Kyrgyzstan is carried out through cultural institutions and educational projects. Despite the fact that Kyrgyzstan is culturally more inclined towards the Turkic world, the experience shows that Iran’s cultural values also find support among the population of the republic.

Türk ve Türk Dünyası Destanlarında “Ağaç” Etrafında Şekillenen Anlam Olgusu

Epics are a kind of memory of the societies in which they were formed in terms of history and culture. Therefore, we can follow the reflections of the adventures of societies in the historical process from epics. In epics, one of the genres with the most common performance tradition in the Turkish world, it is possible to find traces in accordance with every stage of social life. The projections of social acceptance and rejection and practices belonging to the world of belief can be followed through epics. One of the elements that belong to Turkish cultural life in epics is the tree. Especially in societies with the belief of Sky God / Shamanism, the tree, which is also associated with creation and reproduction, has found itself a place in epics in many different aspects. In this study, factors related to Turkey-located sagas of the trees transferred to Turkish Epic and Turkish World Epic will be assessed by classifying the frame and the concrete reality that they earn around the cult.

Kırgız Edebiyatına Yansıyan Ceditçilik Hareketi

Ceditism, which emerged in Turkistan at the end of the 19th century and completed its formation at the beginning of the 20th century, directly or indirectly affected the entire Turkic world, especially the Tatars, under the leadership of İsmail Gaspıralı. The Kyrgyz intellectuals, who were influenced by the Tatar intellectuals, had the idea of enlightening the Kyrgyz people by studying in schools that provide education with the understanding of Usul-u Jadid. In general in the works of Kyrgyz intellectuals; they focused on the problems in social life during the Tsarist period, people's falling behind from the developing social order, the pressures of the rulers and awakening an uneducated society from the sleep of ignorance. At the threshold of these issues, the studies carried out to enlighten future generations in the field of education with the effect of the Usul-u Jadid schools, the aim of creating national and spiritual awareness, expressions emphasizing the importance of education in the mother tongue are frequently encountered in period works. In particular, educational reading books for children, works reflecting the Kyrgyz history and culture, printing studies for the creation of the Kyrgyz alphabet and the development of Kyrgyz Turkish, and poems performed with the tradition of oral literature were published. In line with the literary works of the Kyrgyz intellectuals, this article tries to mention the development of Jadidchi thought and its general landscape in Kyrgyz literature.

Көк Түріктің Ұлы кемеңгері - Тұй-ұқұқ

The article is based on historical sources and aims to present Tonuquq. He was a political advisor of Qok Turkic khagans such as Kutlug, Kapagan, Bilge, a politician, the one of competent commander of Qok Turkic army, the master of steppe war tactic and strategy art. The first thinker of the Turkic world, the genius of the intellectual world, the exemplary actions and behests of our ancestor Tui-Ukuk became a great school for the next generation. Along with that we provided paradigmatic analysis of the word 'Tonuquq' by comparing its writing and lexeme in old Turkic and old chinese languages. We studied the similarities and communities of the content of linguistic units and as a result the main meaning was given.

Elements of Pedagigical Archetype on Old Turkic Monuments

Going through various stages of evolution humanity continuously aims to bring up the following generation rich in human qualities. To achieve these noble initiatives, various progressive models of bringing up have been developed from many centuries to the present day. Ancient Turkic monuments inscriptions, the most precious treasures of Turkic world pedagogics play great role in the education of specialists and children upbringing. When specializing future primary school teachers, philologists, and history specialists in higher education, it is necessary to include these great values in the curriculum. It is worth paying attention to the fact that the historical chronicle of ancient Turkic inscriptions on the monuments of Kultegin, bilge Kagan, Tonykok, which are considered the most valuable. The study of the heritage of Orkhon, Yenisei, and Talas monuments as ethnopedagogical values is of great importance in higher education. After all, starting from the kindergarten and school desks, it is obliged to lead the younger generation to the high culture and civilization of the ancient Turkic people. Thus, it would be possible to implement the ideas in the program article by N. Nazarbayev 'The course towards future: spiritual modernization'.

Turkish Glossary Production and Meaning in the Inherit of Turkish Culture: Comparative Analysis of Seventeen Turkish Language Dictionaries

Words, therefore glossaries, dictionaries are the memories, identities, vocabularies and culture treasures of nations. Nations produces vocabularies that have been the nations who have protected their cultural heritage, national identity and territorial integrity. All of the Turkish world and notably Anatolia, have been affected by other cultures, civilizations and languages as a result of interaction between the nations and cultures throughout the historical experiences. In this study, the main words in 17 dictionaries were handled one by one within the scope and degree of cultural interaction. The words in 17 glossaries and dictionaries, which are including the Ottoman Turkish and Republican Turkish have been analyzed, classified and made inferences according to the stems of words and the languages they have written by different authors. After a long and exhausting study; The distribution of words according to the languages, the number of words in dictionaries, the origins of words and their numbers and apart from these, the percentage of words coming from different languages in dictionaries and among these percentages the number of Turkish words and their proportion have been exhibited in tables and graphics with numbers.

Ebulfez Elçibey’in Azerbaycan Özelinde Türk Dünyası Meselelerine Bakışı

XX. Yüzyılda Azerbaycan’ın yetiştirmiş olduğu önemli devlet adamlarından Ebulfez Elçibey, Azerbaycan’ın ve Türk dünyasının meseleleriyle ilgilenmiş ve bir tarihçi bakış açısıyla meselelere çözüm önerileri getirmiştir. Üniversite yıllarından itibaren Kuzey Azerbaycan’ın bağımsızlığı, Karabağ meselesi, Güney Azerbaycan’ın istiklali ve bütünleşmesi, Türk dünyası birliği ve Türk dünyasının siyasi, askeri, sosyo-ekonomik ve kültürel problemleri üzerinde tespitler yapmaya başlamıştır. Sovyetler Birliği’nin dağılmasından sonra, Azerbaycan’da yapılan cumhurbaşkanlığı seçimlerini kazanan Elçibey, Azerbaycan ve Türk dünyasının sorunlarını çözme fırsatı bulmuştur. Elçibey bağımsız, milli ve demokratik bir Azerbaycan’ın kurulmasını sağlamış, bunun yanında Ermeni işgal ve istilası altında bulunan Karabağ’ın kurtarılması ve Bütün Azerbaycan’ın gerçekleşmesi için mücadele etmiştir. Dilde, Fikirde ve İşte Birlik anlayışıyla; siyasi, askeri, ekonomik, kültürel işbirliğine dayalı Türk Birliği mefkûresi üzerinde durmuştur. Gerek Çarlık Rusya’sı gerekse Sovyetler Birliği dönemlerinde uygulanan politikalara bağlı olarak, Türk dünyasında ortaya çıkan Türklük şuuru, ortak alfabe, milli ordu gibi konulara da değinmiştir. Elçibey’in yazmış olduğu eserler, yapmış olduğu konuşmalar ve dönemin kaynaklarından yararlanılmak suretiyle, Azerbaycan özelinde, Türk dünyasının meselelerine bakışı ayrıntılı bir şekilde incelenmiştir.

ПОЭМА АХМЕТЗЯНА ТУБЫЛИ «ПОВЕСТВОВАНИЕ О НЕБЕЗЫЗВЕСТНОМ ФАРХАДЕ И ЕГО ВОЗЛЮБЛЕННОЙ ШИРИН»

В статье рассказывается о найденном недавно еще одном рукописном сборнике татарского поэта-суфия XIX в. А. Тубыли, приводится его научное описание. Примечательно, что в данном сборнике нашло место поэтическое произведение поэта «Повествование о небезызвестном Фархаде и его возлюбленной Ширин». Целью данного исследования является раскрытие содержания любовной поэмы, особенностей композиционного строения, образов и мотивов, определение ее роли и места в рамках литератур Востока и всего тюркского мира. В статье в ходе анализа приводятся поэтические отрывки из оригинала, его сравнительное сопоставление с классическими вариантами поэмы о любви Хосрова и Ширин / Фархада и Ширин, выявляются оригинальные черты и авторская интерпретация данного литературного произведения. Анализ поэтического произведения А. Тубыли показал, что по своей сюжетной линии, мотивам и образам оно очень близко к народным романтическим дастанам, а именно – к дастану турецких меддахов, т. к. данное произведение соединяет в себе традиции письменной литературы и местного фольклора. В отличие от языческих по идейной направленности классических поэм о любви Фархада и Ширин восточных авторов, произведение татарского поэта представляет из себя исламизированную версию: в ней отсутствуют традиционные мотивы распития вина, лицезрения Хосровом купающейся в реке Ширин, склонения Хосрова или Фархада возлюбленной к близости, другие эротические сцены. Любовь Фархада и Ширин в данном произведении возвышающая и облагораживающая, что придает повествованию высокогуманную направленность. Произведение А. Тубыли выделяют синкретический характер, многообразие идей и мотивов, придающие ему неповторимый колорит. Концовка произведения А. Тубыли утеряна; сохранившаяся часть содержит 2442 бейта, поэтому его сложно отнести к поэтическому роману, как например, «Хосров и Ширин» Кутба; скорее это – поэтическое произведение, которое по постановке идей, богатству образов и мотивов, оригинальной авторской интерпретации является самостоятельным литературным произведением и достойно занять видное место в сокровищнице татарской литературы XIX в. The article devoted to the recently found manuscript collection of Akhmetzyan Tubyli, a Tatar Sufi poet of the 19th century, gives its academic description. It is noteworthy that this collection included the poetic work of the poet Mashkhүr va mutagarrif ulan Farһad gashyyk ilya magshuk Shirin khikayase (The Story of the prominent Farhad and his beloved Shirin).The purpose of this study is to disclose the content of the love poem, the features of the compositional structure, images and motifs, the identification of its role and place in the literature of the East and the entire Turkic world.In the course of the analysis, the article provides poetic excerpts from the original, its comparison with the classic versions of the love poem about Khosrov and Shirin / Farhad and Shirin reveals the original features and the author’s interpretation of this literary work. The analysis of A. Tubyli’s poetic work showed that its plot line, motifs and images are very close to the folk romantic dastans, namely, to the dastan of Turkish meddahs, because this work combines the traditions of written literature and local folklore.Unlike pagan ideological orientations of classical poems about the love of Farhad and Shirin by eastern authors, the work of the Tatar poet is an Islamic version; it lacks the traditional motifs of drinking wine, seeing Shirin bathing in the river by Khosrov, inclining Shirin to sexual intimacy by Khosrov/Farhad, other erotic scenes. The love of Farhad and Shirin in this work is uplifting and ennobling, it gives the narrative a highly humanistic orientation.A. Tubyli’s work stands out for its syncretic character, variety of ideas and motifs, and it gives it a unique flavor. The ending of A. Tubyli’s work is lost; the surviving part contains 2442 versicles, so it is difficult to attribute it to a poetic novel, such as, for example, Qutb’s Khosrov and Shirin; it appears that, it is a poetic work, which, according to the statement of ideas, the wealth of images and motifs, the original author’s interpretation, is an independent literary work and deserves to occupy a prominent place in the treasury of Tatar literature of the 19th century.

Echoes of the Turkic World and Folklore in the Holy Book Avesta

The holy book “Avesta” is one of the magnificent creations of the world, which contains valuable information about religion, literature, culture, geography, history and mythology of the ancient peoples of Central Asia. For several centuries, many scholars of various specialties have been interested in “Avesta”. In numerous comments they discussed the history of the appearance of the book and its hymns, the personality of Zarathustra, his homeland, geographical objects, historical characters and mythological images, the ideological basis of the collection of holy books, etc. Many of the above mentioned questions are still being discussed among specialists, causing and over-colouring certain problems. In their work, the authors tried to find something in common between the “Avesta” and the Kazakh literature, exploring the spiritual relationship of the “Avesta” with the mythology of the people. As practice shows, various phenomena in the folklore of the peoples of the world are experiencing their birth, formation, flourishing, decay and death. Forms are modified, disappear, replaced by others. But sometimes the most ancient layer of folk art is preserved as a relic. Sometimes it is very difficult to see the traces of the most ancient representations in national folklore. Therefore, the authors of the article analyzed the works of Kazakhstani authors who studied some points in the “Avesta” and they made only an attempt to investigate the remains of the Kazakh archetype in this ancient literary monument. This article, without claiming to completely cover the available material, sees the main task in providing a holistic conceptual overview of the Kazakh literature on the above mentioned problem.

WAYS OF REALIZATION OF “ETERNAL NATION (MANGILIK EL)” CONCEPT IN THE NOVEL (Illustrated in the novel of T. Zakenuly “Eternal stone”)

The article tells about the genesis of the realization of the artistic concept “Eternal nation” in the novel of the writer Tursynkhan Zakenuly “Mugitas” (“Eternity in stone”). The author of the article tries to uncover the main motive reason for the narrative, and also conducts a comparative analysis of both the artistry and the historical events that took place in the novel. In the context of the novel, the concept “Eternal nation” is embodied through historical anthroponyms and toponyms, in reproducing the spiritual valuesof the Turkic world, also characteristic of the Kazakh people, reflected in the artistic details of the work. The author of the article demonstrates and brings to the forefront reminiscences and allusions to certain socio-historical and religious-cultural events,points to signs and other examples of the artistic use of literary paths within the framework of the concept being studied. In the novel “Migitas (Eternity in the Stone)”, published in 2012, the image of the ruler-kagan of the Turkic people from the monuments “Bilge Kagan”, “Tonykok” and “Kultegin” was reflected, “the word of the Heros” is also one of the images, making up the basis of interesting storylines of the novel. The above-mentioned monuments represent the edification advice of the rulers of the Turkic people to their descendants. Thus, the author of the article concludes that the mentioned monuments of the 6th-8th centuries became for the writer Tursynkhan Zakenuly not only a topic of creative search, but also an interest in writing the nevel “Mangitas (Eternity in Stone)”.

TÜRK-İSLAM ƏDƏBİYYATININ İLK BÖYÜK ABİDƏSİ OLAN “KUTADQU BİLİG” ƏSƏRİ HAQQINDA

The idea of Yusif Balasagunlu's work "Kutadgi Bilig" was to strengthen the economic power of the state, increase its military power, adopt wise laws that are good for the people, solve problems between the state and the people, maintain justice and peace in the country. The epos "Kutadgi Bilig" is a monument that has always been loved and read in Turkestan and the Turkic world for centuries and covers all spheres of human and state life. Key words: Uyghur, culture, Uyghur literature, khaganate.

On the Congress of Sociologists of the Turkish World in Kazan

On the Congress of Sociologists of the Turkish World in Kazan

A Method to Find out Perceptional Sound Composition of the Vowels in the Contemporary Turkey Turkish

A Method to Find out Perceptional Sound Composition of the Vowels in the Contemporary Turkey Turkish

Yalmavuz Neden Öfkelendi?

Masal, onu yaratan toplumun kültürel kodlarını barındıran bir türdür. Farklılaşan ve değişen şartlara rağmen Türk dünyası masalları birçok ortak unsur barındırmaktadır. “Yalmavuz” bu ortak unsurlardan biridir. Türk dünyası masalları içinde ortak olan bu unsur genellikle “Yedi Başlı Dev” motifi şeklinde masallarda varlığını devam ettirmiştir. Kökeni mitik döneme dayanan Yalmavuz, masallarda dev anası şeklinde yaşamaya devam etmiştir. Yalmavuz genellikle yedi başlı, yaşlı ve çirkin bir kadın olarak tasvir edilmiştir. Masallarda kahraman yola çıkar, yolda ateşi söner ya da söndürülür. Ateşi aramaya çıkarken Yalmavuz’a rastlar. Yalmavuz ona ateş verir. Karşılığında onun pişirdiği bütün yemekleri yer. Masal kahramanı ile Yalmavuz dövüşür, Yalmavuz yer altına kaçar. Kahraman yer altına iner ve Yalmavuz’u öldürür. Ateşin kaybedilmesi Türk dünyası masallarının ortak motiflerinden biridir. Türk mitik tasavvurunda yaratılan her varlığın bir iyesi vardır. Masallarda ateşin Yalmavuz’un elinde olması onun ateşin koruyucu iyesi olduğunu gösterir. Yalmavuz bütün anlatılarda kadın olarak tasvir edilmiştir. Kökeni anaerkil döneme dayanan Yalmavuz, ateşin koruyucusu olan bir kadın iyedir. Türk mitik tasavvurundaki iyelerin genel özelliği koruyucu olmalarıdır. Fakat kendilerine gerekli özen gösterilmediği zaman öfkelenip insanları cezalandırabilmektedirler. “Umay Ana” kadın ve çocukların koruyucu iyesidir. Genellikle Umay Ana koruyucu iye olarak kalmıştır. Bazı kadın iyeler ise kötüye evirilmiştir. Yalmavuz kötüye evirilen iyelerden biridir.Bu çalışmada “Ateşin koruyucu iyesi olan Yalmavuz neden masallarda demonik bir varlık olarak yer almıştır, Türk dünyası masallarından hareketle Yalmavuz demonik bir varlık mı yoksa kendisine gerekli saygı gösterilmediği için öfkelenen ve cezalandıran bir iye midir?” sorularına cevap aranacaktır.

The common features between Urfa center dialect and Azerbaijani Turkish

Türkçenin başlangıçtan günümüze kadar geçirmiş olduğu merhalelerin ve tarihi dönemlerle bölgelere göre gösterdiği dil özelliklerinin tespit edilmesinde Anadolu ağızları önemli bir veri kaynağı durumundadır. Hâlihazırda Türkiye Türkçesi ağızlarından bazılarının yeteri kadar, bazılarının ise henüz incelenmemiş durumda olması Türkiye Türkçesi ağız atlaslarının hazırlanmasını olumsuz yönde etkilemektedir. Ağız atlasları, bir bölgede konuşulan ağzın ses, şekil ve söz dizimi özellikleri ile birlikte söz varlığına dair önemli bilgiler sunmaktadır. Bu nedenle ağız atlaslarının içerdiği malzemenin dil bilimsel yönü dışında halk bilimini ilgilendiren sosyo-kültürel bir niteliği de vardır. Anadolu ağızlarının dil özelliklerinin ayrıntılı bir şekilde belirlenmesi bu bağlamda oldukça önemlidir. Batı Türkçesinin doğu kolunu meydana getiren Azerbaycan Türkçesinin dil özellikleri, Anadolu sahasında Azerbaycan’a nispeten daha yakın olan Doğu Anadolu bölgesinde de görülmektedir. Urfa ağzı, Anadolu ağızlarının tasnifi çalışmalarında Doğu grubu ağızlarına dahil edilmiştir. Dil özellikleri bakımından ülke sınırlarının ötesine uzanan Urfa ağzı, Azerbaycan ve Irak-Türkmen Türkçeleriyle kesişmekte ve benzerlikler göstermektedir. Güneydoğu Anadolu bölgesinde yer alan Urfa, aynı zamanda doğu grubu Anadolu ağızlarını Irak Türkmen ağızlarıyla birleştiren bir geçiş noktasıdır. Bir ağız bölgesinin morfolojik ve fonetik açıdan analizinin yapılmasında o ağız bölgesini etkileyen konuşma ve yazı dilleriyle yapılacak mukayeseli çalışmalar önem arz etmektedir. Bu çalışmada Azerbaycan Türkçesi ile Urfa Merkez ağzı, morfolojik ve fonetik açıdan karşılaştırılarak her iki dil bölgesinde tespit edilen ortak unsurlar ortaya konmuştur.

International Scholars' Views on the Language Reinforcement Program

Language plays a critical role in an individual’s adapting to a community and developing a sense of friendship and belonging. In its absence, Humans suffer from a lack of trust in each other since they cannot speak in the same language. If they fail to communicate, this incapability leads to problems. Additionally, individual and common social communication can beperformed by language education, as well and language education is directly associated with the cultural transmission. Kyrgyzstan Turkey Manas University functions as an educational bridge between Turkey and Kyrgyzstan and offers education in Turkish (Turkey Turkish). Moreover, there are Turkey Turkish departments at Humanitarian Social Sciences University and Yusuf Balasagun Kyrgyz National University in Kyrgyzstan. The ongoing Language Reinforcement Project annually offers training to the students of these departments of the contracted organizations for six months. According to the scholars’ views how the Kyrgyz students who had the chance to come to Turkey via the Language Reinforcement Projectwere affected by the internship in general and how the components of this project will contribute to Turkish and Kyrgyz peopleare the research questions of the study.The sample of the research consists of ten volunteer scholars working at Yusuf Balasagun Kyrgyz National University in Kyrgyzstan in the Fall Term of the 2018-2019 Academic Year. Six female and four male scholars participated in the research. This study is a qualitative research study and the data collection tool of the study is the interview. According to the results of the study, the scholars expressed their satisfaction with the students’ internship or training in Turkey as well as the other advantages.

RİSALE-İ ELFAZ-I KÜFÜR'DEKİ TÜRKÇE ARKAİK UNSURLAR

Bir dilin arkaik unsurları, o dili konuşan toplumların kültür ve dil zenginliği hakkında bilgi edinmemizi sağlar. Bir gramer terimi olarak arkaik, Türkçe Sözlük'te “Konuşulan ve yazılan dilde, kullanımdan düşmüş olan (eski söz veya deyim)" şeklinde açıklanmıştır. Yapılan bu çalışmada, Türk Dil Kurumu Yazma Eserler Arşivine kayıtlı A55 nolu Risale-i Elfaz-ı Küfür adlı eserin söz varlığında görülen arkaik unsurlar inceleme konusu edilmiştir. Eserde geçen bir sözü arkaik unsur olarak belirlemek için, o sözün bugünkü Türkiye Türkçesi standart yazı dilinde kullanımdan düşmüş ve Türkçe Sözlükte yer almamış olması, ölçüt olarak kullanılmıştır. Örneğin "ol daḫı bu ġarāmeti kime vireyin dise kāfir olur" ifadesindeki 1. teklik şahıs emir/istek eki -eyin ekinin kullanımı Eski Türkçeye kadar götürülebilirken, günümüz Türkiye Türkçesi yazı dilinde kullanımdan düşüp, yerini -eyim ekine bırakmıştır. Bu çalışmada Risale-i Elfaz-ı Küfür'de tespit edilen arkaik unsurlar, eklerde ve kelimelerde görülen arkaik unsurlar şeklinde iki ana başlık altında incelenmiştir.

KAZAN-TATAR TÜRKLERİNİN HALK ANLATILARINDA ÖLÜM

It is known that death has a rather evident place in human life being the last phase of life. It has been one of the matters humankind has struggled the most to understand and interpret for its inevitability and the acceptance that comes with it; its obscurity and the fear that comes with it. The feeling of desperation in the face of death, avoiding death, the obscurity the afterlife, and the search for immortality to cling on to life have unavoidably accompanied beliefs about death and the practices that formed around these beliefs. As in all societies, the Turks also attempted to understand and interpret the meaning of death. The way the Turks perceived the soul and the death, and their beliefs and traditional practices formed around death can be seen in the written sources since the earlier times up to the present. As in the Turkic world, death has a rather significant place also for Kazan-Tatar Turks, who managed to preserve their culture although they were subjected to religious and cultural oppression by Russians for a long period. As a widespread theme in the folk narratives, folk beliefs and practices related to death were reflected in the narratives to a large extent. These beliefs and practices at stake can often be seen particularly in epics, legends, and tales that are of folk narratives. This study aims to examine in what way the beliefs of Kazan-Tatar Turks about the death and the soul, and their traditionally shaped practices were reflected on the examples of epics, legends, and tales that are of folk narratives.

KAHTÂN HÜRMÜZLÜ'NÜN BURASI KERKÜK ADLI OTOGRAF PİYESİ ÜZERİNE BİR İNCELEME

Birçok halk, dil ve dini bir arada yaşatan Kerkük, köklü kültürel mirası ile Irak’ın sosyal yapısının küçük minyatürüdür. Bu mirasın en önemli kaynaklarından birisi de Irak Türkmen Edebiyatı’dır. Çağdaş Irak Türkmen Edebiyatı’nın tanınmış çok yönlü kalemlerinden biri olan Kahtân Hürmüzlü; Kerkük vilayetine bağlı Karatepe nahiyesinde 1 Temmuz 1936 yılında dünyaya gözlerini açmıştır. Sanat, kültür ve edebiyatla içli dışlı tanınmış bir aileye mensup olan Hürmüzlü; Arapçanın yanı sıra ana diliyle yazdığı Türkmence -eski Türkçe- şiir, öykü, roman, piyes, çeviri ve eleştiri yazılarıyla da sanat camiasında şöhret kazanmıştır. Kahtân Hürmüzlü'nün yazılarında kullandığı metin sözcükleri içten ve duygusaldır. Eserlerinde insanlık, kardeşlik, özgürlük ve barış kavramlarını öne çıkarır. Yazarın zikrettiğimiz bu görüş ve düşüncelerinden müteşekkil olan “ Burası Kerkük” adlı otograf piyes metninde de bu kavramların yansımaları rahatlıkla görülmektedir. Hürmüzlü; Irak Türkmen Edebiyatı’nın olduğu kadar farklı coğrafyalardaki geniş Türk Dünyası Edebiyatı’nın zenginleşmesine katkı veren temsilcilerden birisidir. Kahtân Hürmüzlü, çok yönlü bir yazar olduğu için çalışmamızın kapsamı “ Burası Kerkük” adlı otograf piyesiyle sınırlıdır.

A New Field on the Making in Turkish Academia: a few Issues Regarding the Turkic World Literatures Teaching and Research

As a field and course, “Turkic World Literatures” covers Turkish literatures outside Turkey. However, in practice, it is seen to encompass new (contemporary-modern) literature field outside Turkey. This field is taught in Turkish higher education in different courses such as “Contemporary Turkic World Literatures”, “Turkic World Literatures”, “Comparative Turkic World Literatures” and “Azerbaijan/ Turkmenistan, etc. Literature Examples”. Nevertheless, there are some differences in practice and content when it comes to research in the field in general, and teaching in particular. This study discusses a few issues regarding Turkic World Literatures research and teaching and makes suggestions in conclusion. Within the framework of Turkic World Literatures course and research, “determination of the field’s scope”, “inter-field comparison” and “textual adaptation of contemporary literary theories and knowledge” are discussed.