Who is This Shall? -Proposals for a Novel Reading of Dede Korkut-

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ŞENLİK A. Ş.

TURK DILI VE EDEBIYATI DERGISI-JOURNAL OF TURKISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE, vol.62, no.1, pp.181-193, 2022 (Peer-Reviewed Journal) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 62 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2022
  • Doi Number: 10.26650/tuded2022-1039151
  • Journal Name: TURK DILI VE EDEBIYATI DERGISI-JOURNAL OF TURKISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index, Index Islamicus, Linguistic Bibliography, MLA - Modern Language Association Database
  • Page Numbers: pp.181-193
  • Keywords: Sokli/Shokli (l), the character kaf, misreading errors, The Book of Dede Korkut, Old Anatolian Turkish

Abstract

As the earliest evidence in Turkish for the presence of Turks in Anatolia, the tales of the Dede Korkut constitute the most important linguistic monument of Oghuz Turkic. In addition to critical editions and popular adaptations, the Book of Dede Korkut has been the subject of numerous essays, with nearly two thousand papers published to date. Each new study contributes to a better understanding of the text, which is beset with difficulties in reading and interpretation, yet much work remains to achieve a satisfactory understanding of it.