
Visâlî: A Poet of Unknown Identity in the Merzifon Cönkü
Visâlî, whose poem in aruz survives in the Merzifon Cönkü: his record in the cönk, a counting discrepancy in the article, and an identity not to be confused with Visâlî of Aydın.

Visâlî, whose poem in aruz survives in the Merzifon Cönkü: his record in the cönk, a counting discrepancy in the article, and an identity not to be confused with Visâlî of Aydın.

Hayrî, whose single poem in aruz survives in the Merzifon Cönkü: his record in the cönk, why his identity cannot be established, and his poem on true skill in love.

Âşık Ömer, great minstrel of the seventeenth century: his disputed birthplace and death date, the dating problem of his supposed Merzifon visit, and his poems in the Merzifon Cönkü.

Şem‘î, whose single poem in aruz survives in the Merzifon Cönkü: his record in the cönk, the namesake poets of Prizren and Konya, and the question of identity.

Dertli of Bolu, famous nineteenth-century minstrel: his life, his presence at the Amasya minstrels' gatherings and the koşmas and müseddes recorded in the Merzifon Cönkü.

The identification of the Yesârî with four poems in the Merzifon Cönkü with the Bektaşî minstrel Yesârî of Çankırı: his life, Tokatlı Nûrî's circle and his poems.

The poems of Ârif, of unknown identity, in the Merzifon Cönkü: seven güftes, two dîvâns, a ghazal and a semai on love, a feast day, a campaign and healing.

Firâkî, with one ghazal in the Merzifon Cönkü: the syllabic-or-aruz contradiction in the article, the question of Firâkî of Kütahya and the opening couplet.

The koşma "Elâ gözlerine kurbân olduğum" in the Merzifon Cönkü and the pen name Kerem: the Kerem and Aslı tradition, Âşık Kerem of Kırşehir and Amasya cönks.

Himmetî, with a koşma, a dîvân and a semai in the Merzifon Cönkü and no trace in other sources: his three poems and the open question of his identity.

Nazîf, with ten poems in the Merzifon Cönkü and no trace in other sources: his koşma, his ghazals of admonition and the question of Nazîfî in the Amasya Cönkü.

The life of Tokatlı Nûrî, Emrah's apprentice: Ziya Pasha's fair in Amasya, Eyüb Sabrî's invitations to Merzifon and his thirty-six poems in the Merzifon Cönkü.

The life of Erzurumlu Emrah, his master-apprentice bond with Tokatlı Nûrî, the claim that he came to Merzifon tested against the dates, and his eleven poems in the cönk.

Âşık İsa Gedik, folk poet of Gümüşhacıköy: his 1969 Keşli destan, the last phase of itinerant destan-selling, and the limits of what is known of his life.

Âşık Rıza Çulha of Sarıyar (Morami): how the musician Burhan Özbakır led him to minstrelsy, and his destan on the 1959 rain, hail and flood disaster in Merzifon.

Âşık Ahmet Abacı of Sarıyar (Morami): how he became a minstrel, his destans of 1959-1961 and his first-hand account of how itinerant destan-selling worked.

Halil İbrahim Alkaç (1934-1994) of Gümüşhacıköy: the saz he learned from zâkirs, the destans he had printed in 1959-1965 and his Bafra plane destan.

Izzî, one of Hüsameddin's Amasya folk poets: his single record, the reading Garibî in a recent study, and how he differs from Dâî, who first wrote as Izzî.

Seyfî, a folk poet of seventeenth-century Amasya: his single entry in Hüsameddin, his period, and how he differs from namesakes such as Seyfî of Sinop.

Hüznî, counted by Hüsameddin among the folk poets of seventeenth-century Amasya: his single-source record, his period, the plaintive mani and their loss.

Mehmet Karagöz, named in the list of Gümüşhacıköy minstrels: the source of the name, his tie to Amasya and why he must not be confused with Karagöz of Kayseri.

Abdullah Doğan, named in the list of Gümüşhacıköy minstrels: the source of the name, his tie to Amasya and why no other record of his life or poems has been found.

Fehmi Dedeoğlu, named in the list of Gümüşhacıköy minstrels: the source of the name, his tie to Amasya and why no other record of his life or poems has been found.

Âşık Veli, named in the list of Gümüşhacıköy minstrels: the source of the name, the tie to Amasya and why poems signed Veli cannot be assigned to him.

Âşık Yıldız, named in the list of Gümüşhacıköy minstrels: the source of the name, the tie to Amasya and why no other record of the minstrel's life has been found.

Fukara Derviş, named in the list of Gümüşhacıköy minstrels: the source of the name, his tie to Amasya and why no other record of his life or poems has been found.

Hicabî Derviş (1938-2013), Alevi-Bektashi minstrel from Alıcık near Merzifon: apprentice of Yanyatan Ali, cem zakir, his early pen names and poetry rooted in tekke tradition.

The poetry of Âşık Özlemî (Muammer Badem) of Gümüşhacıköy: his master-apprentice path, the story of his pen name, his düvaz and deyiş, "Değme Felek" and other songs of parting.

Abdal Ağasızâde İsmâil Hakkı Efendi, the bağlama poet whom Hüsameddin named as the best keeper of the plaintive mani of Amasya's old folk poets, and his single-source record.

Dertli Garip, Bektashi poet from Kırca in Gümüşhacıköy: his path begun with Derviş Ruhan, the pen name he chose himself, his eleven poems and his own commentary on them.

Hüseyin Çemrek, the minstrel who went from shepherding in Yukarı Ovacık, Gümüşhacıköy, to the stage: his gold record, AŞ-DER, his view of minstrelsy and his book.

Ali Divanî, Alevi-Bektashi minstrel born in Küçükçay near Merzifon: the gift inherited from his grandfather Nikabî, Âşık İrfanî's influence, his pen name and his poetry.

Şânî Süleyman Çelebi, scribe of the Amasya Janissaries, musician and epic singer: his nickname Şanlı Çelebi, his robe of honour, his burned epic and his disputed death date.

Odabaşıoğlu Âşık Mehmed Ağa, Janissary sergeant who played the çöğür and sang epics: his family, the Selağzı coffeehouse, the Âşıkoğulları and his lost poems.

Celâlî Mehmed Ağa of the Türedioğlu family: the sipahi minstrel who recited epics at the Yüksek Kahve in Amasya, the Abaza Hasan Paşa rising and his execution in 1659.

Kul Fakir Ali Oymak, Alevi-Bektashi minstrel of Merzifon: his discipleship to Kul Hüseyin, devotion to the Hacı Bektaş çelebis, the Gaziler Ovacığı âşıks and twelve deyiş.
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