Abstract
KADIRLI IN THE POEMS OF ASIK (ASHIK) FEYMANI
Ashik Feymânî is regarded as one of the leading masters of minstrelsy tradition in Republic Period. Ashik Feymânî, born in Azaplı village of Kadirli province of Osmaniye in 1942, gives an important role to his homeland Kadirli where he was born and grown up and has been still living. In this study, how Ashik Feymânî uses Kadirli in his poems was analyzed by using the document review technique. In the document review, Ashik Feymânî’s poetry books and the books, magazines, anthologies, and encyclopedias in which there are his poems were scanned. In addition to this, the poetry notebooks which he has written his own poems were also analyzed. At the end of the research, in Ashik Feymânî’s poems, it was seen that he has often reflected the geographical, cultural, economic and historical aspects of Kadirli. It is confirmed that he has 57 poems in total about Kadirli. While many of his poems are about Kadirli directly, it is also confirmed that he has mentioned Kadirli in a good deal of his poems. It can be said that these poems are mostly didactic style and related to the introduction of Kadirli.
Keywords
Ashik Feymânî, Kadirli, Azaplı village, Çukurova, poem
