Güvercin Hikâyesinin Hz. Ali Değişkesi

Religious-epic stories written in Old Oghuz Turkish, are the first examples of classical Turkish literature.These stories have been read and transferred through the generations via different copies.“The Pigeon Story”, that is about Hz. Muhammad, consists of approximately forty couplets. Thestory starts with the two angels (Gabriel and Michael), coming from the sky, disguised as pigeonand hawk. It continues with Hz. Muhammad or Hz. Ali’s offer flesh from his own body to the hawkwhile the pigeon flees from the hawk and tries to take refuge. The story ends as the pigeon and thehawk are transform back to the two angels and disappear after they state that they came by the orderof God -Allah- for the purpose of testing them. There is an extensive literature about the differentcopies of “The Pigeon Story”. Yet another variation of “The Pigeon Story” is seen in the Divan ofMahdum Kulu. This variation, named as “Stock Dove” (Gökçe Güvercin) differs from “The PigeonStory” known in Anatolia region in terms of form and substance. Hz. Ali replaces Hz. Muhammad’splace in this story and it is written in quatrains. In this paper, this variation of the story which takesplace in The Mollanefes copy of Divan of Mahdum Kulu is examined. Mahdum Kulu’s sympathy toHz. Ali is known and some researchers provide evidence about this sympathy. The Anatolian versionof the “Pigeon Story” which is written in Old Oghuz Turkish, in the style of mesnevi, exhibits certainproperties of phonetics and morphology of the period. Whereas, “The Stock Dove Story” that took place in Mahdum Kulu Divanı is written in stanzas and in the style of an epic poem. In this version,phonetical and morphological characteristics of both Eastern Turkish (Chagatay) and Turkmen Turkishare observed. Finally, different approaches within the scope of Hz. Muhammad and Hz. Ali indifferent regions and a new opportunity for the comparison in the literature are highlighted.