The wordless karşılama Nejat Buhara collected from a local ensemble in Merzifon (TRT no. 135): its catalogue data, Gülizar scale and the 1943 Yol Havası (Karşılama).
Babayiğit (TRT no. 470), which Ferhat Durmuş transcribed from an unnamed record, is the only Hüseynî melody among Amasya's four dance tunes.
A playful Merzifon love song named "Sarı Kız" on its collection slip, taken from Hamdullah Yılmaz in 1943: TRT no. 4601, Karcığar, 4/4.
The slow and quick parts of Merzifon's "Dallike" ring dance: TRT no. 4602, recorded from Rasim Olgun in 1943 on two disc sides, an octave-wide Hüseynî tune.
The deyiş Rüstem Coşar sang in Merzifon in 1943, TRT no. 2708: lyrics of the garden of the heart, the Kul Himmet stanza left out of the notation and a Hüseynî tune spanning thirteen notes.
Two stanzas woven with nightingale cries and a 10/8+7/8 metre unmatched in the Amasya repertoire: the song Musa Aslan sang in Merzifon in 1943, listed as "from Muhemmed" (TRT 2710).
A song of exile whose every stanza ends in a complaint against death and separation (TRT 2721): Âşık Musa Aslan's 1943 Merzifon recording, a Nikriz tune with a free opening, and 2/4.
A garden where roses, cypress and grass are all "serhoş": the lyrics, meaning, free-rhythm opening and metre of TRT no. 2701, recorded from Musa Aslan during a night session in 1943.
Siyâbî, the tailor of Merzifon who could not read yet was counted a skilled poet: his life, the conflicts over his name and death, and the six pieces of verse kept by Latîfî.
A horseman begs water at a spring and a girl refuses him: the full lyrics, meaning and two-refrain tune of TRT no. 1899, recorded from Hüseyin Onkar in Merzifon in 1943.
A song whose every stanza closes on "nazlanı nazlanı": Aşır Sirke's 1943 recording, TRT no. 1878, the meaning of its words, the only Amasya tune in 8/4 and the Merzifon or Gümüşhacıköy question.
A deyiş of counsel credited to Sümmânî and Karacaoğlan: the full lyrics of TRT no. 1900, recorded from Hüseyin Onkar in 1943, with their meaning, Gülizar scale and 5/8 metre.
The deyiş Nida Tüfekçi collected from Haydar Aslan in 1969: TRT score no. 1804, lyrics and meaning, and his father Musa Aslan's 1943 "Aşnamdan" recording.
A song of reproach collected from Âşık Musa Aslan: its 1943 disc recording in Merzifon, TRT score no. 1029, its hüseyni melody in 7/8 and the full lyrics.
A Merzifon song entered in the disc list as "Eser Yel (Halay)": Rasim Olgun's 1943 recording, TRT no. 1871, the eser yel refrain, a Hüseynî tune in 6/4 and a matching line in Vezirköprü.
A Merzifon song that sends a letter to the beloved by the cranes: its 1943 disc from Âşık Musa Aslan, TRT score no. 1079, its melody in 7/8+10/8 and the lyrics.
Köroğlu summons Demircioğlu, Köse Kenan, Ayvaz and Eşabalı to his side: the lyrics, meaning and 5/8 tune of TRT no. 1902, recorded from the minstrel Musa Aslan in 1943.
Sung by a group of five in Merzifon in 1943, the only Amasya song with its final on Si: the lyrics, meaning, mode and recordings of TRT no. 1901.
A Hüseynî deyiş sung by Âşık Musa Aslan in Merzifon in 1943, TRT repertoire no. 1816: its lyrics, the pen name Osmânî, its 5/8 melody and the dispute over its range.
A song that writes its words on a stone mortar: TRT no. 1870 as sung by Kazım Aygül, its dance-like quatrains, local words such as soku and ergen, and the Merzifon or Gümüşhacıköy question.
Dervîş Mehmed Çelebi Halebîzâde of Merzifon, descended from a scholar Timur brought from Aleppo: mufti, judge of Kefe, his Persian poems and his reply to Molla Câmî.
Harîmî Abdullah Çelebi Sipâhîzâde, son of the voyvoda of Merzifon, pupil of Hâcezâde Remzî and secretary to Şemsî Paşazâde Ahmed Paşa, and his single surviving couplet.
Gulamî, Alevi minstrel of Merzifon: the little known of him, his deyiş "Cemal Efendim" for Cemalettin Efendi, çelebi of Hacı Bektaş, and his namesake from Sivas.
Esrarî, Alevi-Bektashi minstrel of the Merzifon area: his devotion to the çelebis Feyzullah and Cemalettin, two deyiş preserved in songbooks, and "Gidiyor" of 1915.
Derviş Edna (1878-1928), Alevi minstrel of Karahisar in Çorum: his devotion to Kul Fakir of Merzifon, his legends, the Akkubbe tomb and forty collected deyiş.
Ümîdî Receb Efendi of Merzifon: a poet who withdrew into an imam's post when no professorship came, the records of Kâfzâde and Riyâzî, his link with Nedîm's family and two ghazals.
Abdîzâde Eşref Abdurrahman Efendi: a mufti of Merzifon trained in Amasya, author of Tezkiretü'l-hikem and Mir'âtü's-safâ, his disputed kinship with Nedîm and four poems.
Nedret Çelen (b. 1960), a teacher who published her first book in retirement: school years in Suluova and Amasya, the Karşıyaka Poetry Workshop and Karanlığın Ay Yüzü.
Azmi Aytaç (b. 1931), who wrote in both syllabic metre and aruz: his first poem in the newspaper Merzifon, his music, the composed "Uşşak Divanı" and six late books.
Sami Baydar (1962-2012), who came to poetry from painting: his academy years, his books from Dünya Efendileri to Dünya İnancı, and his last twenty years in Merzifon.
A public prosecutor for thirty years and a descendant of Eyüb Sabrî, Berin Taşan (1928-2018) of Merzifon wrote from his first poem in Varlık to Önce and Şahdamarından.
İskender Hâki Engin, teacher, calligrapher and poet of Merzifon: the Taşan journal, his People's House years, the Medrese Önü Mosque and his national anthem entry.
The real author of the Râbia Hatun quatrains, once passed off as the work of an old woman poet: Merzifon-born historian İsmail Hâmi Danişmend, his life, works and Muhtî poems.
Latîfî places Hayâtî in Merzifon, while Âşık Çelebi and Kınalızâde remember him as Memâtî's brother; the Postî joke, a life that ended in the Hejaz, and a tangled identity.
Ali Cem Akbulut (b. 1978) of Harız, folk poet writing as Esedî and Rüsvaî: his nefes-style poetry, his books on the minstrels of Gaziler Ovacığı and his anthology.
Yanyatan Ali (1923-1990) of Diphacı near Merzifon was a zakir of the Kul Hüseyin branch who collected the district's deyiş, made bağlamas and gave Hicabî Derviş his pen name.
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