Upon the effect of the Yesevi 'Hikmet' s on the Alevi- Bektashi 'Nefes' in terms of text and context features ; Yesevî hikmetlerinin metin ve bağlam özellikleri açısından Alevî-Bektaşî nefeslerine etkisi üzerine

Ahmet Yesevi is prominent figure especially with his efforts to teach Islam to the Turkish tribes who were nomads and under the thumb of oral culture, and laying the foundations of Sufi Literature. Ahmet Yesevi who expressed his systematized religious and sufistic feelings with the help of the poems which lie called "Hikmet" created a tradition of singing Hikmet in Central Asian Turkish Culture. In some of the Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Uzbek and Turkmen tribes in this region, Hikmets that belong to Yesevi are still being sung and conveyed traditionally. It is believed that Ahmet Yesevi who played quite efficient role among the Central Asian Turks was also influential on Anatolian Turks and their culture. Moving to Anatolia with the Turkish tribes who immigrated towards to the West, Yesevi continued his existence in different groups in this region. In respect to this, when we take a closer look at the religious ceremonies and beliefs of the Sects which showed up in Anatolia, we can see they came into existence with the effects of Yesevi philosophy. The Hikmets which were sung and conveyed by Yesevi Dervishes in the Central Asia formed a basis for the religious and. sufistic poems later that found a chance to spread into Anatolia and the Balkans. To be brief, Ahmet Yesevi played an effective role in the emergence of the Sufi culture in Anatolia with its intellectual and literary aspects. This article investigates the role of the Yesevi Hikmets in the formation of poems called "Nefes" in Bektashism which were formed under the effect of Yesevi philosophy or carried the components of this philosophy. In other words, this article aims to reveal from which aspects the poems, which Yesevi Dervishes called "Hikmet", effected "the Nefes poems of Bektashi". In the article, the findings and assessments on the text and context properties of the Hikmet and Nefes poems have been brought out in the light of available information by comparing the Hikmet and Nefes traditions. At the end of the investigations, it has been determined that ...