ERZURUMLU ÂŞIK YAŞAR REYHANİ’Yİ ANLAMAK
UNDERSTANDING ÂŞIK YASAR REYHANİ OF ERZURUM

Summary/Abstract: In folk literature, the issue of Minstrel Literature texts analysis has been ignored and these texts have not been explained or worked out. In order to set an example for future studies, in this study four poems composed by Reyhani, who is one of the most famoust minstrels of our century, are analysed. During textual analysis, the geographical location where the minstrel lived and the economic reflection of his lifestyle are taken into account. The minsterl, whose real name is Yaşar Yılmaz, was born in 1932 in Alvar village, Hasankale town, Erzurum. As can be understood from his poem, he had to leave Erzurum and settle in Bursa, where he died on 10 December, 2006. He had plural masters. The place where he was born is a rich region in terms of oral cultural tradition. In addition to some famous minstrels whose songs are still performed, he learned tradition and style from such masters as Huzuri, Nihani, Cevlani, Efkari and Gülistan Çobanoğlu. In other words, his first master was the environment he grew up in. He also had a piece in which he said he mutuallyhad word play with Minstrel Nihani.

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