PERSONS AS AN ELEMENT OF ALLUSION AND SIMILITUDE IN HADA'IKU'L-HAKA'IK FI TEKMILETI'S-SAKA'IK

Abstract

One of the sources that feed the classical Turkish literature is persons. Authors have included persons in their descriptions of people for various purposes such as praising, criticizing, or expressing the person's characteristics better and more impressively. Prominent traits and characteristics of mythological, legendary, cultural, and religious persons are often compared to that of the protagonists, and it is often emphasized that memduh is superior. These persons, who are mentioned as elements of allusion and similitude, became a motif in the literature over time, and each person became the epitome of their qualifications. In the descriptions of the persons in his biographical work named Hada'iku'l-Haka'ik fi Tekmileti's-Saka'ik, Atayi, who wrote many works in verse and prose in Turkish literature, mentioned people of different nationalities, predominantly Turkish, Arab, and Persian, who are famous in the world with their characteristics, in various contexts. In this study, in which we aim to reveal the context in which Atayi uses the persons who stand out with their historical, mythological, religious, legendary, and literary identities, firstly 99 names that Atayi used as references and similes were determined. These names have been examined by classifying them under 7 main headings, including Prophets, ReligiousSufi Personalities, Historical Personalities, Mythological and Legendary Personalities, Tale and Story Heroes, Other Persons and Those who could not find information about. In the study, it was also tried to determine the richness of meaning added to Hada'iku'l-Haka'ik fi Tekmileti's-Saka'ik by the prominent features of the persons included as the elements of allusion and similitude.