Studies About Firaki of Kutahya and Thoughts On New Poems

Firaki, whose real name is Abdurrahman, is one of the poets who frequently mentioned his name in his 16th century with his unique style and simple language. Firaki, whose name is frequently mentioned in the tezkires, is entitled to receive some seyhzade, sons of sultan, in Kutahya. He used some of the ancient Anatolian Turkic words in his poems successfully. Firaki’s poems were recognized by very important poets in his period, and in this context Firaki succeeded in obtaining a broad literature environment. Although the divan, the books of ottomants poetry, was not found after the works done until this time, the compilation of the poems in the magazines is very important in terms of literary history. The poems in the local libraries are published by some researchers. However, these publications have ignored overseas resources that are limited to domestic media. For this reason all of his poems have not been able to find. In this study, the works about Firaki will be mentioned briefly, then the works on Firaki will be mentioned and then the three poems which are not published previously will be introduced together with their original copies. Some information about Firaki will be critically reinterpreted and some corrections will be given. In addition to this, the poems mentioned above will be established in connection with the previous poems and some determinations about the literary personality of Firaki will be made