XVII. Yüzyıla Ait Bir Mecmû‘a-i Hikâyât’taki Kahramân-nâme Metni Üzerine

Among the works written in the Old Anatolian Turkish period, the mecmû‘a-i hikâyâts are also important works. The selective and versatile texts they contain have played a very important role in reflecting the social and historical background of the culture to which they are attached, in addition to contributing to the development of the language taste of the period. In this study, the text of the Kahramân-nâme and its copies in a 17th century mecmû‘a-i hikâyât registered in the Turkish Manuscripts Collection Gaulmin/Regius, 1450 archive number in the Bibliotheque Nationale of the National Library of France were examined. The study includes the third and fourth volumes of the Mecmû‘a-i Hikâyât, consisting of 426 folios. The content of the Kıssa-i Kahramān-ı Kātil in the mecmua, the author of the work, the date of writing, and the copies were provided, and the sixteen stories in the text were classified. The text displays linguistic features that are specific to the Old Anatolian Turkish period. Keywords: Mecmû‘a-i Hikâyât, Kahramān-nāme, Kahramān-ı Kātil, story.