A Novel in Kashkay Turks: Forbidden Love

Ferzane Devletabadi

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A Novel in Kashkay Turks: Forbidden Love

Authors:

Ferzane Devletabadi

Publisher:

Hacettepe University

Main Topics:

Güney-Batı (Oğuz) Türk Lehçeleri ve Edebiyatları

Journal:

Türkbilig Vol.2024 Issue 47, pp.381-393

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

6/2024

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2001321437

pISSN:

1302-6011

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 Among the tribes in Iran, Qashqai Turks, known for their devotion to their traditions and customs, are known as the largest nomadic Turkish people among Iranian Turks. The literature of the Qashqai Turks, like the literature of other Turkic peoples of Iran, consists of two main branches. Although the number of written literary works of the Qashqai Turks is small, the tradition of oral literature and minstrelsy is very strong. For this reason, intellectuals who attach importance to the Qashqai language and culture have given importance to writing permanent literary works such as stories and novels in recent years. Davud Hasanagayi Keshkuli, the author of the novel Zolmat, tried to preserve the culture and life of the Qashqai Turks with this work written in Persian. Davud Hasanagayi Keshkuli, who has written his other novels in Persian until today, named his first Turkish novel Yasak Sevda. Davud Hasanagayi Keshkuli described the culture and life of the Kashkay Turks in his novel Zolmat Hasanagayi, 1987, which he previously wrote in Persian. With Yasak Sevda, the author preserves the language and culture of the Qashqai Turks and reveals the stratification system that forms the basic structures of the Qashqai Turks. In the phenomenon of socio-cultural stratification, just as khan and ilkhan are at the extreme end of the pyramid, shepherd and peasant, representing economic and political power, are at the bottom class of the stratification. However, although he lives with his people, the chengigipsy or master Qashqai is the group outside the pyramid. Among the Qashqai Turks, who lead a semi-nomadic migration life, groups live together, but relations between these groups are prohibited according to tradition. Davud Hasanagayi Keshkuli wanted to express the Qashqai traditions and customs in a kind of criticism in Yasak Sevda. The subject of Davud Hasanagayis works is the story of the Qashkay Turk. Sometimes it reveals the difference in strata, sometimes it opposes the superstitions and beliefs common in the province. Like other Qashqai writers, Davud Hasanagayi also attaches importance to the concept of homeland and Turkish identity. The novel Yasak Sevda, which is a voluminous novel, is more than a love adventure within the framework of the traditions of the Qashqai Turks, it is an encyclopedia revealing the linguistic treasure of this great Turkish community.

 Among the tribes in Iran, Qashqai Turks, known for their devotion to their traditions and customs, are known as the largest nomadic Turkish people among Iranian Turks. The literature of the Qashqai Turks, like the literature of other Turkic peoples of Iran, consists of two main branches. Although the number of written literary works of the Qashqai Turks is small, the tradition of oral literature and minstrelsy is very strong. For this reason, intellectuals who attach importance to the Qashqai language and culture have given importance to writing permanent literary works such as stories and novels in recent years. Davud Hasanagayi Keshkuli, the author of the novel Zolmat, tried to preserve the culture and life of the Qashqai Turks with this work written in Persian. Davud Hasanagayi Keshkuli, who has written his other novels in Persian until today, named his first Turkish novel Yasak Sevda. Davud Hasanagayi Keshkuli described the culture and life of the Kashkay Turks in his novel Zolmat Hasanagayi, 1987, which he previously wrote in Persian. With Yasak Sevda, the author preserves the language and culture of the Qashqai Turks and reveals the stratification system that forms the basic structures of the Qashqai Turks. In the phenomenon of socio-cultural stratification, just as khan and ilkhan are at the extreme end of the pyramid, shepherd and peasant, representing economic and political power, are at the bottom class of the stratification. However, although he lives with his people, the chengigipsy or master Qashqai is the group outside the pyramid. Among the Qashqai Turks, who lead a semi-nomadic migration life, groups live together, but relations between these groups are prohibited according to tradition. Davud Hasanagayi Keshkuli wanted to express the Qashqai traditions and customs in a kind of criticism in Yasak Sevda. The subject of Davud Hasanagayis works is the story of the Qashkay Turk. Sometimes it reveals the difference in strata, sometimes it opposes the superstitions and beliefs common in the province. Like other Qashqai writers, Davud Hasanagayi also attaches importance to the concept of homeland and Turkish identity. The novel Yasak Sevda, which is a voluminous novel, is more than a love adventure within the framework of the traditions of the Qashqai Turks, it is an encyclopedia revealing the linguistic treasure of this great Turkish community.

 Among the tribes in Iran, Qashqai Turks, known for their devotion to their traditions and customs, are known as the largest nomadic Turkish people among Iranian Turks. The literature of the Qashqai Turks, like the literature of other Turkic peoples of Iran, consists of two main branches. Although the number of written literary works of the Qashqai Turks is small, the tradition of oral literature and minstrelsy is very strong. For this reason, intellectuals who attach importance to the Qashqai language and culture have given importance to writing permanent literary works such as stories and novels in recent years. Davud Hasanagayi Keshkuli, the author of the novel Zolmat, tried to preserve the culture and life of the Qashqai Turks with this work written in Persian. Davud Hasanagayi Keshkuli, who has written his other novels in Persian until today, named his first Turkish novel Yasak Sevda. Davud Hasanagayi Keshkuli described the culture and life of the Kashkay Turks in his novel Zolmat Hasanagayi, 1987, which he previously wrote in Persian. With Yasak Sevda, the author preserves the language and culture of the Qashqai Turks and reveals the stratification system that forms the basic structures of the Qashqai Turks. In the phenomenon of socio-cultural stratification, just as khan and ilkhan are at the extreme end of the pyramid, shepherd and peasant, representing economic and political power, are at the bottom class of the stratification. However, although he lives with his people, the chengigipsy or master Qashqai is the group outside the pyramid. Among the Qashqai Turks, who lead a semi-nomadic migration life, groups live together, but relations between these groups are prohibited according to tradition. Davud Hasanagayi Keshkuli wanted to express the Qashqai traditions and customs in a kind of criticism in Yasak Sevda. The subject of Davud Hasanagayis works is the story of the Qashkay Turk. Sometimes it reveals the difference in strata, sometimes it opposes the superstitions and beliefs common in the province. Like other Qashqai writers, Davud Hasanagayi also attaches importance to the concept of homeland and Turkish identity. The novel Yasak Sevda, which is a voluminous novel, is more than a love adventure within the framework of the traditions of the Qashqai Turks, it is an encyclopedia revealing the linguistic treasure of this great Turkish community.

 İrandaki aşiretler içinde gelenek ve göreneklerine bağlılıklarıyla bilinen Kaşkay Türkleri, İran Türkleri arasında en büyük göçebe Türk halkı olarak bilinmektedir. Kaşkay Türklerinin edebiyatı, İranın diğer Türk halklarının edebiyatı gibi iki ana koldan oluşmaktadır. Kaşkay Türklerinin yazılı edebiyat ürünlerinin sayısı az olmakla birlikte sözlü edebiyat ve âşıklık geleneği oldukça güçlüdür. Bu yüzden Kaşkay dili ve kültürüne önem veren aydınlar, son yıllarda hikâye ve roman türleri gibi kalıcı edebi eserlerin yazılmasına önem vermektedirler. Zulmet romanının yazarı, Davud Hasanağayi Keşkulî Fars dilinde yazdığı bu eseriyle Kaşkay Türklerinin kültürü ve yaşamını korumaya çalışmıştır. Bugüne kadar diğer romanlarını Farsça yazan Davud Hasanağayi Keşkulî, ilk Türkçe romanına Yasak Sevda adını vermiştir. Davud Hasanağayi Keşküllü, daha önce Farsça yazdığı Zulmet Hasanagayi, 1987 romanında Kaşkay Türklerinin kültürü ve yaşamını anlatmıştır. Yazar, bu eserde Kaşkay Türklerinin dilini ve kültürünü korumakla birlikte, Kaşkayların temel yapılarını oluşturan tabakalaşma sistemini ortaya koymuştur. Sosyo-kültürel tabakalaşma olgusunda, ekonomi ve siyasi gücü temsil eden han ve ilhan piramitin en uç noktasında olduğu gibi tabakalaşmanın alt sınıfında çoban ve reaya bulunmaktadır. Bununla birlikte çengi veya usta ise Kaşkay halkıyla birlikte yaşasa da piramitin dışında kalan gruptur. Yarı göçebe göç hayatını sürdüren Kaşkay Türklerinde tabakalar birlikte yaşar ama bu tabakaların aralarında ilişki geleneklere göre yasaktır. Davud Hasanağayi Keşküllü, Yasak Sevdada Kaşkay gelenekleri ve âdetlerini bir nevi eleştiri anlamında dile getirmek istemiştir. Davud Hasanağayinin eserlerinin konusu, Kaşkay Türkünün hikâyesidir. Bazen tabaka farkını ortaya koyar, bazen ilin içinde yaygın olan hurafelere ve inanışlara karşı çıkar. Diğer Kaşkay yazarları gibi Davud Hasanağayi de vatan kavramına önem verir ve Türk kimliğini önemser. Hacimli bir roman olan Yasak Sevda, Kaşkay Türklerinin gelenekleri çerçevesinde yaşanan bir aşk macerasından öte bu büyük Türk topluluğunun dil hazinesini ortaya koyan bir ansiklopedi mahiyetindedir.

Article Details

A Novel in Kashkay Turks: Forbidden Love

Authors:

Ferzane Devletabadi

Publisher:

Hacettepe University

Main Topics:

Güney-Batı (Oğuz) Türk Lehçeleri ve Edebiyatları

Journal:

Türkbilig Vol.2024 Issue 47, pp.381-393

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

6/2024

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2001321437

pISSN:

1302-6011

Kashkay Turks

novel of Yasak Sevda

Stratification system

Tradition

Nomadic cultureKaşkay Türkleri

Davud Hasanağayi Keşkulî

Yasak Sevda

Tabaka sistemi

Gelenek

Göçebe kültürü

Issues

Article Details

Authors: Ferzane Devletabadi

Publisher: Hacettepe University

Main Topics: Güney-Batı (Oğuz) Türk Lehçeleri ve Edebiyatları

Journal: Türkbilig Vol.2024 Issue 47, pp.381-393

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 6/2024

Document Language: Turkish

Document ID (Org No.): 2001321437

pISSN: 1302-6011

Issues

Authors:

Ferzane Devletabadi

Publisher:

Hacettepe University

Main Topics:

Güney-Batı (Oğuz) Türk Lehçeleri ve Edebiyatları

Journal:

Türkbilig Vol.2024 Issue 47, pp.381-393

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

6/2024

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2001321437

pISSN:

1302-6011