Moral Values in Sheikh Ahî Dâ‘î’s Fütüvvetnâme


The works in the form of nizamname, which are about the morality, rule and power of futuwwa, were called fütüvvet-name. Fütüvvet-names are the handbooks of Turkish-Islamic guild which discussed the subject of personal, social and business ethics to create a virtuous society and were applied by the craftsmen and craftsmen unions in Anatolia from 13th century and 19th century. These are books that adopt the principles of chastity, justice, goodwill and wisdom in individual and vocational education and teach values such as truth, generosity, humility, repentance, safety, advice and loyalty. These moral values were taught by the Turkish-Islamic guild, an institution of non-formal education. Thus, efforts have been made to ensure social unity and solidarity and to create a common culture. In this sense, Arabic, Persian and Turkish fütüvvet-names were written. These fütüvvet-names and the studies on it have been shown as far as possible. This study aims to examine the moral values in the futuristic version of Sheikh Ahî Dâ‘î et-Tarsûsi, who was understood to have lived in the late 14th and early 15th centuries, among the most sizable fütüvvet-names. As a result of the research prepared with the method of document analysis, it was seen that the work of Sheikh Ahî Dâ‘î was close to Old Anatolian Turkish in terms of language characteristics and the moral values in fütüvvet-name were similar to other fütüvvet-names and the common themes overlapped. In Ahî Dâ’i Fütvvet-name, there are both the principles of vocational education, moral values and stages of religious education. The principles of belief, morality, knowledge, and art-centred in the fütüvvet-name were put into practice by the organization of the Turkish-Islamic Guild. Based on Ahî Dâ‘î’s work, It is seen that there is a goal to raise an individual who is developed in all respects with his knowledge, belief, profession, morality and literature.


Keywords


Moral Values, Ahi-Order, Ahî Dâ‘î, Fütüvvetnâme, Non-Formal Education

Author : Mehmet ŞAHİN -Şeref GÖKÜŞ
Number of pages: 237-254
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.29228/TurkishStudies.43627
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Turkish Studies-Comparative Religious Studies
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