Abstract
THE TRACES YUNUS EMRE DIWAN IN THE VOCABULARY OF AKSARAY DIALECT
Yunus Emre is one of the folk poets who had an important role on the establishing a new literary language based on Oghuz Turkic. He wrote the poetry in the spoken language of that period. On his works, the words which belong to Old Turkish Period and the borrowed words which were adapted to the phonetic structure of Turkish are found together. The vocabulary of Yunus has not been examined in detail within the context of Turkey Turkish dialects so many times.
In this study, the vocabulary of the Diwan of Yunus whose living place is still a matter of debate has been compared with the vocabulary of the dialect in the province of Aksaray on the basis of Compilation Dictionary and by studying the shared vocabulary under three main titles, it is aimed to contribute to ongoing discussions.
Keywords
Yunus Emre, Diwan, Aksaray dialect, Old Anatolian Turkic.