Çankırı Karatekin Üniversitesi Türkiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi

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As it is known, Karacaoğlan is one the most researched folk poet in the tradition of minstrelsy. As a matter of fact, a bibliography has been prepared due to the researches about Karacaoğlan. Moreover, after this bibliography, a lot of research has been done on the subject. What makes Karacaoğlan so much research subject? The first, more than one Karacaoğlan nicknamed poets have been identified in the history of minstrely literature. Also, according to the researchers, Karacaoğlan attracted so much attention because it was connected to Turkish folk taste and the old bard tradition. In addition to these, Çukurova’s Karacaoğlan has a very different style from its period in matters such as love, dear and nature. Karacaoğlan has influenced many folk poets because of this feature and so he has caused many minstrels who came after him to use his nickname. Therefore, İlhan Başgöz speaks of “Karacaoğlan tradition” based on the folk poets who followed the Karacaoğlan. Here, when all these are considered, it would not be wrong to state that Karacaoğlan is one of the rare figures of Turkish folk poetry. As a matter of fact, despite all the books written about him, many articles published, and many reports presented, Karacaoğlan is being still the subject of research and both his life and his poems are being studied. In this context, we will consider the poem named “Acep, sevdiğimin eşi var m’ola” which is said to belong to Karacaoğlan from Çukurova in this article. In the article, we will identify the variants of the mentioned poem and focus on the reasons for the differences between these texts. We will also try to identify the ur-form of this poem in accordance with the Historical-Geographical Finnish method. In other words, we will try to examine the historical adventure of this poem in the context of time and space.