？itaiyye (Hiemal) Theme on Jerusalem by Allame ？eyh？ Efendi or “A Depiction of Jerusalem in Snow”

When we look at the periods of Turkish literature, it is seen that as a theme Jerusalem is a subject in Classical and Modern Turkish Literature through several occasions. Although it is not possible to say that the use of the concept Jerusalem in classical Turkish literature as a poetic theme has become a traditional form, a number of literary works can be found in various types and shapes of this theme. Consideration of the subject in the modern Turkish literature has launched after the 1960s based on the Palestinian case. One of the few poets who used the theme of Jerusalem in classical Turkish literature as an independent subject was Allame ？eyh？ Efendi, one of the 17th century poets. There are two gazelles and one ode on the theme “Jerusalem” in Allame ？eyh？’s Divan. Although Jerusalem is a subject that is less discussed, the reason why it became the subject in Allame ？eyh？ with three different poems can be explained by the fact that the poet was on duty as a cadi in this city for about a period of time. The poem by Allame ？eyh？ discussed on this study is the twenty-four-couplet poem titled Kas？de Der Beytü’l-Makd？s Vak？’-？ Sene. In the ？itaiyye (hiemal) type of his ode, Allame ？eyh？ treats his joy of snowfall and the whiteness and beauty of the city with vivid as well as effective depictions. All depictions of the poet on Jerusalem and al-Masjid al-Aqsa and its surroundings, which he referred to as Temple Mount, are all related to the outdoor elements. The difference between the poem by poet, in which he describes the snowfall in Jerusalem and its surroundings, and many other ？itaiyye (hiemal) poems of the same type is that he has given a positive perception of winter and hiemal elements