The Story Of Yusuf And Zeliha Written By Halil Oğlu Ali

The story of Yusuf (Joseph) and Zeliha is well known because it was orijinated in the Tevrat and the Kur’an. This story had been a subject of Persian, Arabic and Turkish literature. Furthermore, the Turkish folk literature aşıks (ashiks) narrated it repeatedly. A version of this story written by Kırımlı Mahmut in Kipçak Turkish translated into Anatolien Turkish by Halil Oğlu Ali. A comparative study was carried out by Rasim Deniz on three versions of this Yusuf İle Zeliha story. There is another version of this story (İzmir version) which was not included in the study of Rasim Deniz. This article will present a short introduction and a transcription into latin alphabet.

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Halil Oğlu Ali, The Story of Yusuf (Joseph) and Zeliha, İzmir Version