ELMALILI MUHAMMED HAMDI YAZIR (1878-1942) AND A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF RESEARCH ON HIS LITERATURE (1923-2018)

Elmalılı M. Hamdi Yazır (1878-1942) was lived between the late-period of the Ottoman Empire and the first period of the Republic of Turkey. He was one of the most prominent and educated scholars of the Republic time, who was known as an interpreter, legal expert, and also politician, and famous for his studies on Islamic sciences, tafsir, fıqh, and philosophy that he gifted them to our society. His canonic book, Hak Dini Kur’an Dili (God’s Religion Koran’s Language) is regarded as a comprehensive interpretation of Koran, allowed many researchers from different areas to benefit from it as a magnum opus. By this feature, it could easily be said that Elmalılı has a great influence on the perception of religion, and religious studies in Turkey. Hak Dini Kur’an Dili (God’s Religion Koran’s Language) is the first interpretation written with the Latin alphabet for a better understanding of Koran since the establishment of the Republic of Turkey. By this feature, it takes place in the prime bookshelf of many people and libraries. This essay is a literature study of studies done on Elmalılı M. Hamdi Yazır and his literature including Turkey, the Western and Arabic countries. This essay includes studies such as a book, book chapters, essay, undergrad and master’s theses, dissertations, conference proceedings, translations, and simplifications on Elmalılı and his collection of research. Even though Elmalılı is known -as we shortly referred to his sophisticated background- mostly about his hermeneutical works, not only the tafsir but kalam, philosophy, law and, hadith are referred in the field of academics and other circles. In this context, after a result of the search, with 570 book tag and 540 publications he became the most studied interpreter in the Republic time.

Keywords

Elmalılı Muhammed Hamdi Yazır, Hak Dini Kuran Dili, God’s Religion Koran’s Language, interpreter, tafsir, bibliography, literature.