Amasya Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi

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The story of Âşık Garip and Şah Senem has an important place in Turkish folk tales. Many studies have been prepared on the story so far. In the studies prepared, it is seen that the story handled from various aspects and its place in the tradition is tried to be determined. The most recent of these works belongs to Mehmet Emin Bars. Bars, evaluated six different variants of the story in his work called Âşık Garip ile Şah Senem (İnceleme- Metin). The author examined these six different variants in the “Review” section, and included variants in the “Texts” section. Three of the analyzed texts are written variants of the Anatolian field. These texts were transferred from Arabic letters to Latin letters for the first time by Bars and were evaluated in this study for he first time. The other tree texts evaluated in the work are oral variants belonging to the Azerbaijani field. The author compared six different variants of the story, which were formed in Anatolia and Azerbaijani, in terms of episodes, poems and motifs. The examination method preferred in the study, which was prepared by going through a deep analysis and synthesis process, was also used in previously prepared works. In this context, first the work was evaluated and then its place in the works of Âşık Garip was tried to be determined.