Manzum Fetihnâmelerin Tarihî Kaynak Değeri
Importance of Poetical Fetihnâmes as Historical Sources

Summary/Abstract: Fetihnâmes, in the form of books, focus on the military expeditions and conquests of the Ottoman Empire. They are considered as individual histories in Ottoman historiography and are counted among literary genres in the tradition of classical Turkish literature. Constituting a significant part of the fetihnâme genre and being concentrated at the 16th century, most of the independent poetic fetihnâmes were written to describe the events in the expeditions in question rather than being pieces of art. However, among them, there are examples of having literary aspects exceeding their narrational values or drawing attention to their literary and historical elements simultaneously. This study aims to reveal the degree of practicality of the poetic fetihnâmes for conveying historical information. For this purpose, it draws attention to some special features of poetic fetihnâmes and aspects contributing to the studies on classical age of Ottoman history. It tries to determine their importance as a historical source by comparing them with historical sources and researches.

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