Dîvân-ı Hulûsî-i Dârendevî’de Eskicil Ögeler

As one of the representatives of 20th-century classical Turkish literature, Osman Hulûsî Ateş’s (1914–1990) work titled Dîvân-ı Hulûsî-i Dârendevî provides highly significant data worthy of investigation not only for its rich content and formal characteristics but also in terms of its linguistic features. In the work, whose first scholarly edition was published in 1986, it is observed that the orthographic traditions and archaic elements of Old Anatolian Turkish have been maintained. In this study, based on scans conducted using the Turkish Language Association’s (TDK) Türkçe Sözlük (Turkish Dictionary), Tarama Sözlüğü (Historical Dictionary of Turkish), and Derleme Sözlüğü (Compilation Dictionary of Turkish Dialects), 49 archaic lexical items and 7 archaic suffixes that have fallen out of use or undergone formal/semantic changes in today's written language were identified in the Divan. The poet’s preference for these suffixes provided the opportunity to resolve prosodic metrics (aruz) irregularities, clearly demonstrating his mastery of prosodic rules and his skill in employing the meter. Classifying these lexical elements on the basis of Zeynep Korkmaz’s theoretical views and taxonomy, they were analyzed under four main categories: pronouns and pronominal inflections (17 inflectional forms under 15 headings), nouns and adjectives (7 elements), adverbs, postpositions, and postpositional phrases (9 elements), and verbs and compound structures (18 elements). Hulûsi Efendi’s blending of historical suffixes and grammatical structures with elements nourished by vernacular speech demonstrates the linguistic stratification of the Divan and its strong connection with the historical processes of the Turkish language.