Author(s): Sedat KARDAÅ*
elayetnames which always attract the interest and attention of people as they are about supernatural and astonishing events that human mind does not get are, as a literary genre, the works written to tell the superior characteristics, erudite words and miracles of vel îs. A velî who is the source of inspiration for the works included in the type of velayetname may be the founder of a tariqa or the person that develops and extends this tariqa. After the emergence and spread of Sufism, with velayetnames and menak?bnames which were firstly written in Arabic and later Persian and Turkish, a rich tradition of menk?be writing was formed in Eastern literatures. In Turkish literature, many velayetnames in verses or prose forms have been written about important names of Sufism culture. Within the Bektashi tradition, dozens of velayetnames were written in verses, prose forms or verse-prose forms about both Hac? Bekta?-? Veli and his dervishes in order to contribute to the development and spread of the tariqa and the upbringing of the dervishes. The most well-known of these works is the Velayatname of Hac? Bekta?-? Veli . Lots of studies have been conducted by the researchers on this work. Researchers, because it is a multi-faceted work, need to focus on it again. While doing new studies about the work, it is useful to know the work done before. A bibliography is required not only to prevent the repetition of the researched subjects but also to facilitate the determination of what should be done. In this study, which is about the studies conducted on the Velayetname of Hac? Bekta?-? Veli , a bibliography has been tried to be created by bringing together different kinds of studies
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