Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
180300506103TURKISH FOLK LITERATURE VCompulsory363
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
To introduce all aspects of Sufism and Sufi-based Tekke Literature/Religious-Sufistic Turkish Folk Literature.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi İsmail ABALI
Learning Outcomes
1Learns the factors that cause the emergence of Sufi thought.
2Gains knowledge about verse and prose types of Religious-Mystical Turkish literature.
3Gains information about the main Sufi poets of Turkish literature.
4Examines on Sufi texts.
Mode of Delivery
Daytime Class
Prerequisites and co-requisities
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Course Contents
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Introducing the sources related to religious-mystical Turkish Folk Literature.
2Turks-Islam and Sufism, Concepts of Faith, Religion and Sufism
3Some terms of Sufism, Sufi movements and sects in Anatolia
4Formation of religious-mystical Turkish folk literature
5Religious-mystical branches of Turkish Folk Literature
6Poetry in Religious-Mystical Turkish Folk Literature
7Prose in Religious-Mystical Turkish Folk Literature
8Genre and Form in Religious-Mystical Turkish Folk Literature
9Ahmet Yesevi
10Yunus Emre
11Mevlânâ Celâleddin Rûmî
12Alevi-Bektashi Faith Fundamentals
13Hacı Bektaş-ı Veli, Kaygusuz Abdal, Abdal Musa
14Hacı Bayram Veli, Pir Sultan Abdal et al. poets
Recommended or Required Reading
Artun, Erman (2006), Dinî-Tasavvufî Halk Edebiyatı, İstanbul, Kitabevi yayınları. Ocak, Ahmet Yaşar (2000), Alevî ve Bektaşî İnançlarının İslâm Öncesi Temelleri, İstanbul, İletişim Yayınları. Akarpınar, R. Bahar Mustafa Arslan (2010), ?Tekke-Tasavvuf Edebiyatı?, Türk Halk Edebiyatı El Kitabı, 7.b., Ankara, Grafiker Yayınları, s.339-392.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Midterm Examination160
Homework140
SUM100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Final Examination1100
SUM100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination111
Final Examination122
Attending Lectures14228
Self Study14342
Individual Study for Mid term Examination155
Individual Study for Final Examination11010
Homework177
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)95
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