Proposals for Corrections on Dede Qorqud Oghuznāmehs in Consideration of “Gonbad Copy” (2)

Abstract

Until 2019, the number of Dede Qorqud Oghuznāmehs wereknown as 12. In April 2019, the number of Dede Qorqud Oghuznāmehsincreased from 12 to 13. A new Oghuznāmehs copy was found in Iran.This manuscript was preserved in the private library of Veli MuhammedHodja living in the city of Gonbad, Iran. Therefore it is known as theGonbad copy. The manuscript includes 24 soy and one boy. This newmanuscript containing a number of features will contribute to the studieson other copies.Since the first page of the new manuscript in question is missing,its name is unknown. However, considering its content, this manuscriptcan be referred to as "Kazan Bey's Killing the Dragon". Some partsof this new Oghuznamah text also shed light on new readings on theOghuznāmehs texts. Some grammatical structures in the manuscriptshow us that there are deficiencies in readings which were made on DedeQorqud texts, and new proposals should be made. In short, this newlydiscovered manuscript contains items that will contribute to the readingof the previous texts, showing that some grammatical structures weremisread and misunderstood.An article about new correction proposals was published on somereadings of Dede Qorqud Oghuznāmehs (Özçelik, 2020). Here in thisarticle, there are new reading proposals in the light of the Oghuznāmehscopy. In addition, it is understood that such studies on the texts in questionwill continue and take time.