Ahmet İÇLİ

In Classical Turkish (Divan) Literature, most of the poets used pseudonyms. The pseudonym can play a distinctive role within the scope of difference and originality in the poet(s) or the work(s) written. However, despite the concerns of being different and original and the efforts to be recognized, works, poems and life stories can be mixed with each other. There are many reasons for this. The first of these is to use the same pseudonym. This situation brings with it a number of confusions. However, it is seen that many poets and their works are mixed both in tazkeerahs, magazines/compilations and other texts. Even poetry books or other works of poets can be attributed to someone else. There are poems with the same pseudonym in biographical works, as in tazkeerahs, in magazines with a selection of combined works and/or poems. Although the existence of the poems is positive, it also causes confusion at the point of to whom it belongs. As stated in the sources, there are poets in Classical Turkish poetry, from the 15th or 16th century to the 18th century, who used the pseudonym Fasihi in their works and poems. One of them has a Turkish Divan (poetry book) found in libraries. Although some of the other poets have poetry books, they have not been identified yet. Unless it has a distinctive feature, it is difficult to determine which poet belongs to Fasihi's poems in magazines/compilations. However, as a result of a comparative analysis, some results can be reached as much as possible. In our study, poets with the pseudonym Fasihi introduced in the sources and academic studies will be emphasized, and their classification will be made as much as possible. It will be evaluated the integrity of the poets and their poems in their relations and with each other. Information and determinations, that is, the similarity, inconsistency or the reality of the predicted situations, deviations and relationships between the relevant data will also be tried to be investigated in the context of analytical analysis.

Keywords: Classical Turkish Literature, Pseudonym, Fasihi, Journal, Divan (poetry book)