CRAFTSMAN EPICS IN TURKISH SAZ POETRY AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO AKHI CULTURE TÜRK SAZ ŞİİRİNDE ESNAF DESTANLARI VE AHİLİK KÜLTÜRÜNE KATKILARI

Turkish instrumental poetry is a deep-rooted tradition that has survived to the present day by gaining a uniquestyle and shape by being fed from the minstrel-art environments in Anatolia, rooted in the pre-Muslim poet-baksıtradition, developed over the centuries by feeding from different cultural environments and artistic circles of theTurkestan geography, and followed systematically since the 16th century after the first examples were identified inAnatolia from the 14th century. The epic genre, which is performed in an epic style based on the principle of syllabicmeter, long volume and storytelling, in which the minstrels show great popularity and perform their art is also animportant genre in this tradition. The epics, in which the first examples of a historical event in the past are dealtwith, have started to be told around various topics such as economic and social life, flood, fire, drought, disaster,famine, animals, daily life, etc., thus expanding its field. One of the types of epics that emerged in this context is theArtisan Epics. These are poetic products in which certain professions and tradesmen groups and their masters arediscussed, often based on a story that the minstrels go through on their own. Artisan Epics, which can sometimesonly be told around a profession (craftsman), are often told around many tradesmen and professional groups. Inthese epics, problems related to a certain profession and its master, the story of the lover's inability to get a job inlife and his failure in every job is often the subject while the satire and humour style is seen. In the tradesman epics,socio-cultural characteristics, the place of tradesmen and professional groups in social life, principles of tradesmenand professionals, duties of tradesmen, the importance given to tradesmen by the era, what is expected of traders,the place of professions in the eyes of the public, tragic-comic events that are instrumental in telling the epic;advice, satire, humour, etc. are dealt with using explanation. Based on the fact that the Akhism organization isa tradesman organization, we can say that the minstrels are not indifferent to this type of poetry, and they areespecially in demand. In this context, many Artisan Epics have been identified in Turkish instrumental poetry.In this study, characteristics of the epic genre, varieties, the place of Artisan Epics in Turkish instrumental poetry,the characteristics of the Artisan Epics identified in Turkish instrumental poetry, tags, samples, occupations andoccupations covered in these epics, and their place in community life will be shown.Keywords: Akhi-Order, Turkish Saz Poetry, Epics, Artisan Epics, Jobs.