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Manuscript poetry mecmuas are one of the important sources of Classical Turkish literature. Mecmuas are considered the repositories of classical Turkish literature in terms diverse poems and treatises they contain from various poets. Therefore, when studying a poet, researchers make an effort not to neglect consulting mecmuas to find their works, complete their poems, and gather various information and materials However, is all the information in mecmuas absolutely true? To what extent are mecmuas considered sources? Briefly, it is necessary to discuss what to pay attention to when using a mecmua.
Pervane Bey Mecmua, a well-known literary mecmua, is a work that researchers are interested in and have produced many theses and articles on. In this study conducted on the mecmua, emphasis has been placed on certain pseudonym (mahlas) ambiguities identified within it. Accordingly, this study aims to identify the confusion that arose due to the reasons such as not including the pseudonym couplet in the magazine, mixing up pseudonym words with similar spellings, attributing poems that do not have pseudonyms to poets who do not use pseudonyms, not paying attention to the meaning of the couplet when determining the pseudonym word, not paying attention to whether the word chosen as the pseudonym is used in the pseudonym location, etc. Then, it was investigated who their real owners of the poems might be and the necessary corrections were made. Examples related to the subject have been provided, and attempts have been made to identify and evaluate the reasons behind them.
At the end of this study, it was tried to determine how to approach Pervane Bey Mecmua in particular and mecmuas as a whole in general, and to what extent they can be considered as sources.