AHMET YESEVİ VE HACIBEKTAŞ VELİ’NİN ESERLERİNDE GELENEKSEL TÜRK DİNİ MOTİFLERİ

The works of Hoca Ahmet Yesevi and Hacbekta Vel, who are the cornerstones of Anatolian, Turkish and Islamic culture, contain traditional Turkish religious, Iranian, religious names, concepts, words and motifs along with Arabic Islamic concepts.As Islam became more widespread among the Turks, Turkish names began to be widely used as Islamic terms were understood and used by the people.Why and how they used Turkish religious words and concepts in Turkish religious tradition and culture will be investigated in the context of the main works attributed to them.These sages, who were mystical and mystical leaders, used names and concepts such as Tanr, yaratkan, umak, tamu, yazuk, yalava, kar in the Islamicized old Turkish religious tradition of the period in teaching their religious understanding, expressing their feelings and thoughts, and reaching out to the public communities.They saw no harm in using these religiously and culturally.Ahmet Yesevi and Hacbekta Veli included religious names, concepts, words and motifs in traditional Turkish religion and culture in their works.These concepts were also Islamized in the literature and culture of the Turkish communities of the period and were adopted by the masses.They reached large masses of people easily and contributed to literary beauty and cultural richness and continuity.In the works of Ahmet Yesevi and Hacbekta Vel, they did not see any harm or inconvenience in using Turkish religious names, concepts, adjectives and motifs in terms of Islamic religious and cultural structure.