KUTADGU BİLİG KAHRAMANLARI ÜZERİNE YENİDEN DÜŞÜNMEK
REVISITING THE HEROES OF KUTADGU BILIG

Summary/Abstract: Kutadgu Bilig, written by Yusuf Has Hacib and presented to Tabgaç Buğra Han, promising that one of the reasons for writing is to achieve fortune and happiness of the two worlds which means the material and the spiritual existences, by “350. beyit kitab adı urdum ķutađġu bilig/ ķutađsu oķıġlıķa tutsu elig 351. beyit sözüm sözledim men bitidim bitig/ sunup iki ajunnı tutġu elig” couplets, is one of the important works in our cultural history. In this study, it is aimed to make an examination on the four basic characters of Kutadgu Bilig (Kün Togdı, Ay Toldı, Ögdilmis and Odurmış) and the concepts they represent (justice, fortune/joy, reason and fate). The main aim to be achieved with this study is to determine how the four concepts with which the heroes of the work are associated describe "Yusuf Has Hacib's ideal person / perfect person". This is to reveal how the ideal person should achieve the happiness of the two worlds. Each heroe of the text represents one of these concepts of justice, fortune, reason and fate. Main question to be answered in this work is whether there are any other hidden concepts or symbols these characters represent. In order to achieve the aim stated in the study, the hero depictions in the surface structure of the work, the dialogues of the heroes and the event flow in the work will be taken into consideration.

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