Akademik Dil ve Edebiyat Dergisi

Öz

The author of the masnavi named Kıssa-ı Leylî Birle Mecnûn is a poet with the pseudonym Sevdâyî. In the studies carried out to date, it has been accepted that the Kırkkilise judge Sevdâyî, who is mentioned in the biographical sources of the period, was or could be the author of both the Dîvân and the masnavi. However, it is understood that there are differences between the two texts when attention is paid to the cultural elements, concepts, terms that can provide information about the profession of the author, and language features in the texts. In addition, it has been determined that the arguments put forward in the studies stating that the texts belong to the same author are weak and inaccurate.

In this study, based on the data obtained, it has been suggested that there should be another Sevdâyî who should have lived outside the Anatolian field, apart from the Sevdâyîs included in the biographical works of the period. The author of Kıssa-ı Leylî Birle Mecnûn must also be this Sevdâyî.

In order to confirm the thesis put forward in the study, first of all, the arguments in the studies on Sevdâyî's Dîvân and Kıssa-ı Leylî Birle Mecnûn were opened to discussion. Then, all possible terms that can provide information about the identity, place of residence and profession of the authors of the works are presented in the relevant headings. In addition, distinctive data on the style of the authors were collected by paying attention to the translation applications used in the masnavi and the word preferences that may correspond to them in the Dîvân. In addition to all these, about 160 phonetic and dialect differences were detected between the two texts. These differences and all comparisons support the thesis that the texts were written by different people and in other geographies.