The Two Previously Unrecorded Poems of Gevherî and the Variations Observed in His Six Established Poems

Abstract

In this study, the poems attributed to Gevherî in the poetry collection registered under number 36518 in the Library of the Faculty of Theology at Ankara University were compared with the Divan of the poet, prepared by Şükrü Elçin. The collection contains eight poems under the pseudonym "Gevherî." This research revealed that two poems in the collection are not available in his Divan, and other six differ from the poems in the Divan in terms of stanzas, verses, and words. The use of "Gevherî" in the headings, the presence of the pen name, and inclusion of six poems in his Divan suggest that the two anonymous poems must belong to Gevherî. In this study, these two recited by Gevherî, and other six poems, were transcribed. Also the poems absent from his Divan were evaluated thematically and formally. At the end of the study, facsimiles of the poems were provided.