Pamukkale University Journal of Social Sciences Institute

Abstract

Sufism, which has a rich world of term, metaphor, allegory, is one of the main sources where classical Turkish literature is
fed. The terms used by the Sufi poets to express their feelings have been the universal language of classical Turkish
literature. The terms have been used in classical literature with the arts of simile, metaphor, and allusion and have been
instrumental in reaching the depth of meaning. Therefore, the divans of Sufi poets are significant. One of them is the divan
of Sufi poet Ümmî Sinan of XVII. century. In his Divan, Ümmî Sinan describes himself as a love-diver, who is heart-wounded
and watching Mansûr, and performs the arts of smile and reference. The poet also reflects his understanding of the unity of
existence and his view of contemplation of love, lover, sea, waves, pearl, or the universe with symbolic expressions. Sufi
terms and the levels and states of Sufis have been scrutinized in the article based on the poems obtained as a result of
scanning 145 poems written in prosody. The topics were examined via the Kuşeyrî's Risale, which is accepted as a work
bringing together sharia and sciences of truth. Overall, through Ümmî Sinan's Divan, the article is thought to contribute to
the field studies by identifying the contribution of Sufism to the classical Turkish literature and which metaphors and
dreams are included in the work.