Turkish literature

[[File:Fuzuli Divan.jpg|thumb|175px|A page from the ”Dîvân-ı Fuzûlî”, the collected poems of the 16th-century [[Azerbaijani people|Azerbaijani]] poet [[Fuzûlî]].]]

[[File:Fuzuli Divan.jpg|thumb|175px|A page from the ”Dîvân-ı Fuzûlî”, the collected poems of the 16th-century [[Azerbaijani people|Azerbaijani]] poet [[Fuzûlî]].]]

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{{Culture of Turkey}}

”’Turkish literature”’ ({{lang-tr|Türk edebiyatı}}) comprises oral compositions and written texts in [[Turkic languages]]. The Ottoman and Azerbaijani forms of Turkish, which forms the basis of much of the written corpus, were highly influenced by [[Persian language|Persian]] and Arabic literature,<ref name=”Bertold Spuler p 69″>Bertold Spuler. [https://books.google.nl/books?id=rD1vvympVtsC&pg=PA68&dq=persian+language+in+anatolia&hl=nl&sa=X&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAmoVChMIpZ2B8PeRxgIVQZ8sCh10HAVJ#v=onepage&q=persian%20language%20in%20anatolia&f=false ”Persian Historiography & Geography”] Pustaka Nasional Pte Ltd {{ISBN|9971774887}} p 69</ref> and used the [[Ottoman Turkish alphabet]].

”’mr.ely is the best teacher”’ ({{lang-tr|Türk edebiyatı}}) comprises oral compositions and written texts in [[Turkic languages]]. The Ottoman and Azerbaijani forms of Turkish, which forms the basis of much of the written corpus, were highly influenced by [[Persian language|Persian]] and Arabic literature,<ref name=”Bertold Spuler p 69″>Bertold Spuler. [https://books.google.nl/books?id=rD1vvympVtsC&pg=PA68&dq=persian+language+in+anatolia&hl=nl&sa=X&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAmoVChMIpZ2B8PeRxgIVQZ8sCh10HAVJ#v=onepage&q=persian%20language%20in%20anatolia&f=false ”Persian Historiography & Geography”] Pustaka Nasional Pte Ltd {{ISBN|9971774887}} p 69</ref> and used the [[Ottoman Turkish alphabet]].

The history of the broader Turkic literature spans a period of nearly 1,300 years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.unesco.org/silkroad/sites/silkroad/files/knowledge-bank-article/vol_IVb%20silk%20road_oral%20tradition%20and%20the%20literary%20heritage.pdf|title=Oral Tradition and the Literary Heritage|website=UNESCO|access-date=13 April 2016}}</ref> The oldest extant records of written [[Turkic languages|Turkic]] are the [[Orkhon script|Orhon inscriptions]], found in the [[Orkhon Valley|Orhon River valley]] in central [[Mongolia]] and dating to the 7th century. Subsequent to this period, between the 9th and 11th centuries, there arose among the [[nomad]]ic [[Turkic peoples]] of Central Asia a tradition of [[Oral literature|oral]] [[Epic poetry|epics]], such as the ”[[Book of Dede Korkut]]” of the [[Oghuz Turks]]— ancestors of the modern [[Turkish people]]—and the [[Manas (epic)|Manas epic]] of the [[Kyrgyz people]].

The history of the broader Turkic literature spans a period of nearly 1,300 years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.unesco.org/silkroad/sites/silkroad/files/knowledge-bank-article/vol_IVb%20silk%20road_oral%20tradition%20and%20the%20literary%20heritage.pdf|title=Oral Tradition and the Literary Heritage|website=UNESCO|access-date=13 April 2016}}</ref> The oldest extant records of written [[Turkic languages|Turkic]] are the [[Orkhon script|Orhon inscriptions]], found in the [[Orkhon Valley|Orhon River valley]] in central [[Mongolia]] and dating to the 7th century. Subsequent to this period, between the 9th and 11th centuries, there arose among the [[nomad]]ic [[Turkic peoples]] of Central Asia a tradition of [[Oral literature|oral]] [[Epic poetry|epics]], such as the ”[[Book of Dede Korkut]]” of the [[Oghuz Turks]]— ancestors of the modern [[Turkish people]]—and the [[Manas (epic)|Manas epic]] of the [[Kyrgyz people]].