EARLY MYSTICS IN TURKISH LITERATURE
Early Mystics in Turkish Literature is a translation and edition of Mehmed Fuad Köprülü’s
(1890–1966) Turkish masterpiece Turk edebiyatinda ilk mutasavviflar, originally published in 1918 and republished numerous times. Focusing on two great medieval poets, Khodja Ahmad
Yasawi (Hoca Ahmed Yesevi) in Central Asia and Yenus Emre in Anatolia, it examines the origin and early
evolution of Turkish literature.
Using Arabic and Persian as well as Turkish sources, Köprülü describes the origin of
Turkish literature and then attempts to show the continuity in its development between
Central Asia and Anatolia. Furthermore, he studies these issues within the broader contexts of:
• Islam
• Sufism
• The genesis of Turkish culture in the Muslim world
The Turkish edition of this book was a major contribution to the study of Turkish
literature, enjoying iconic status. The English edition updates and clarifies its detailed
references, describes the influence of this book on subsequent scholarship, and includes a
critique of the author’s methods. Early Mystics in Turkish Literature is essential reading for scholars of Turkish literature and history, Islam, and Sufism.
This book has been translated into English by Gary Leiser and Robert Dankoff.
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Gary Leiser is the Director of the Travis Air Museum at Travis AFB, California. He
received a doctorate in Middle Eastern history from the University of Pennsylvania in
1976. He has been engaged in a long-term project of translating into English the major
historical works of Mehmed Fuad Köprülü. Among those to have appeared are Origins
of the Ottoman Empire and Some Observations on the Influence of Byzantine Institutions on Ottoman Institutions. His other works include the edition and translation, with Noury al-Khaledy, of al-Sulamc’s thirteenth-century medical text Questions and Answers for Physicians: A Medieval Arabic Study Manual.
Robert Dankoff is Professor of Turkish and Islamic Studies at the University of
Chicago. His publications include MahmEd al-KAshgharC, Compendium of the Turkic Dialects (DiwAn LughAt al-Turk), edited and translated with introduction and indices in collaboration with James Kelly; YEsuf KhAss HAjib, Wisdom of Royal Glory (Kutadgu Bilig): A Turko-Islamic Mirror for Princes; The Intimate Life of an Ottoman Statesman, Melek Ahmad Pasha (1588–1662); Evliya Çelebi in Bitlis; and An Ottoman Mentality: The World of Evliya Çelebi.
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