The Stringed Instrument and Word as Action Transition Tool in the Rebellion Seasons: Case of K？ro？lu

Evliya ？elebi presents K？ro？lu as a minstrel of chogur. Some researchers describe K？ro？lu whom they position to 16th century, as a military minstrel who took part in ？zdemiro？lu Osman Pasha’s Iran campaign based on his two poems. Due to his life story mistakes for K？ro？lu, epic and folk hero, it is seen that poems, published by connecting to the name of K？ro？lu about whose real identity and poems cannot be judged, are not quite different from those in epic and folk story, and are built upon similar thoughts and subjects. Either he was regarded as a seperate the stringed “saz” (instrument) minstrel or an epic and folk story hero, it is seen that the “saz” (instrument) and the word have an important role in going into action in K？ro？lu’s struggle. This role of the “saz” (instrument) and the word is also seen in Pir Sultan Abdal who is symbol name of rebellion of Kizilbash Turcomen, and in the saz minstrels who make enthusiastic Jelali rebelliouses by playing “？e？tar”. In the study, by drawing attention to the fact that the “saz” (instrument) and word have an important role for K？ro？lu whom was presented as chogur minstrel by Evliya ？elebi, in going into action, we dwelt upon effects of negative points of view for the saz minstrels who played musical instruments, such as ‘‘？？？ür’’ and ‘‘？e？tar’’, in the characterizations by central and local authorities of Ottoman Period that described the saz (instrument) minstrels, such as K？ro？lu, as bandit. The study revealed once more again that central and local authorities saw the saz and the word, put it differently, the saz minstrels as an important provocative element of rebellion seasons, and, because of this, they paid particular attention to the saz (instrument) minstrels who provocated the bandit or make them enthusiastic, in their struggle against the bandit