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One of the main issues that represents that big influence of culture and the Arabic and Islamic literature on the classical Turkish literature is the issue of Arabic proverbs as being mentioned in numerous Turkish literary works whether in poetry or prose. Poets' Biographies that are written in the sixteenth century, are considered a major example of Turkish art in prose. Those biographies came into existence in the fourteenth century and started to develop in the fifteenth century. Those biographies included many Arabic proverbs. Consequently, this study aims at showing and ascertaining the value of the Arabic proverbs in the Turkish literary works specifically in prose and in poet's biographies by collecting and analyzing the Arabic proverbs in those books which are composed in the sixteenth century. This study consists of two main parts; the first one tackles and analyzes the amount of the Arabic proverbs and how it is used, and then it indicates the rhetorical arts that are formed out of using Arabic proverbs. The second part inserts the proverbs which are written in Arabic and the ones written in Latin along with translating, explaining, and mentioning their sources, if exists. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Among highly-educated Ottomans letter-writing was not simply a means of practical communication but an art in itself and a significant aspect of Ottoman literary culture. Collections of exemplary letters from the seventeenth century survive in considerable numbers, but they have been neglected as literary and historical sources due largely to the complexity of their rhymed, rhetorical prose and to a modern belief that they were mostly empty bombast. This article, based on a composite collection of letters by the six most eminent writers of the 1620s, examines the nature of this kind of prose, known as inşa (construction, creative composition), and the purposes behind such letters. It assesses how contemporaries evaluated such writing and why it was admired; how rhetorical prose might contribute to the maintenance of friendships; and how petitions in the form of literary letters helped create essential patron-client relationships. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Muhkem ve müteşâbih; tarihsel süreçte dinsel bilimlerin her alanıyla ilişkili bir konu olarak gelişmiştir. Bu konunun dinsel bilimlerin her alanında tartışılmış olması, gerçekte Kur’an’ın ayetlerinin muhkem ve müteşâbih olduğu nitelenmesinden kaynaklanmaktadır. Bu konunun kelâm ilminin alanında kabul edilmesi, muhkem ve müteşâbih kavramlarının yasayı nitelemesindendir. Muhkem ve müteşâbihin anlamları hakkında yapılan yorumlar ve ortaya atılan anlayışlar, genelde salt bu kavramların anlamlarıyla sınırlı kalmış veya zikredildiği ayetlerin indiriliş nedeniyle ilgili rivayetlerin etkisinde geliştiğinden, bağlamdan uzaklaşmıştır. Bununla birlikte muhkem ve müteşâbihin Kur’an ayetlerinin anlamsal niteliği olarak kabul edilmesi, Kur’an’ın anlaşılabilir bir metin olduğu konusunda kuşkular oluşturmuştur. Müteşâbih ayetlerin çeşitli anlamlara ihtimali olan ayetler olarak anlaşılması nedeniyle de, her ekolün kendi görüşlerini Kur’an ayetleriyle ilişkilendirmesini olası kılmıştır. Kur’an ayetlerinin güncel yorumlarının tarihsel bakış açılarından arındırılarak oluşmaması, tarihsel bilginin gücü nedeniyledir. Kur’an’da önceki elçilere iman emredildiği gibi, önceki yasalara iman da emredilmektedir. Muhkem; önceki yasalarda olmayan ve Kur’an’da var olan özgün yasalar ve müteşâbih ise Kur’an ayetlerinin önceki yasalara benzeşimli olan ayetleridir. Muhkem ve müteşâbih edebiyatında bu yaklaşım, yer almamıştır. Bu çalışmada; çözümleme, karşılaştırma ve eleştiri yöntem olarak kullanılmıştır. Kur’an ayetlerinin anlamları dilsel açıdan çözümlendiği gibi, bu bağlamda kullanılan kavramlar arasında ilişki kurulmaya gayret gösterilmiştir. Konuyla ilişkili ayetlerin yorumunda farklı ekollerin anlayışlarına atıf yapılmıştır. Eleştiri ise bağlam bütünlüğü ve Kur’an bütünlüğü gözetilerek konuyla ilgili önceki yorumlara yöneltilmiştir. Kur’an’ın muhkem ayetlerini inşa ederken nesh, insâ ve tebdîl yöntemini izlediği belirtilmiştir. Nesh olgusu, Kur’an’ın kendi ayetlerinin hükmünü kaldırması olarak değil; önceki yasaların hükümlerini kaldırması olarak anlaşılmıştır. İnsâ; önceki yasalarda var olan ayetlerin hükümlerinin kaldırılmaması ve tekrar yeni yasada indirilmesi olarak değerlendirilmiştir. Kur’an’da genel olarak zikredilen ilk muhatapların elçiyi “uydurmakla” nitelemelerinin de, kendi bilgilerinde var olan yasaların Kur’an’ın özgün yasalarıyla değiştirilmiş olması nedeniyle olduğu belirtilmiştir. Muhkem ve müteşâbih konusunun özgün ve benzeşimli ayetler olarak anlaşılması, Kur’an ayetlerinin anlaşılır olduğu yargısını güçlendirecektir. Muhkem ayetlerin Kur’an olarak adlandırılan yasanın temelini oluşturduğu ve müteşâbih ayetlerin ise önceki yasalarda bulunan ayetlere anlam yönünden benzeşen ayetler olduğu sonucuna varılmıştır. Bununla bağıntılı olarak kalplerinde eğrilik olanların müteşâbih ayetlerin izini sürmeleri; onların söz konusu ayetlerin önceki yasalarda varlığının olup olmadığına dair araştırmaları, Allah’ın müteşâbih ayetlerin te’vilini bilmesi; ayetlerin ilk olarak hangi yasada indirildiğinin onun tarafından bilinmesi, ilimde derinleşmiş olanların müteşâbih ayetler konusundaki tutumlarının; vahiy konusunda derinlemesine bilgisi olanların bütün benzeşimli ayetlerin Allah tarafından indirildiğini itiraf etmeleri olarak yorumlanmıştır.

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There are many construction elements that reflect the poetic world of Behçet Necatigil, one of the milestones of Turkish poetry. The external world is reflected in the poet's consciousness with almost all its aspects. The data processed in consciousness provides the transition from "poet I" to "poetic I". Behçet Necatigil, who often uses the hinterland of abstract and concrete concepts such as geography, big city, street (parks, cafes), house, night, day, evening, darkness, seasons, time, mythology, history, fairy tale as a building element in his poems, describes the life of the average person. He successfully reflected human life, drama and contradictions in his poetry by using the rich possibilities of the language, with a clear use of Turkish. It is seen that the poet uses grammatical terms as a construction element in some of his poems and uses the grammatical functions of these terms sometimes as the dominant construction element and sometimes as an element of inversion to add meaning to the poem. The successful use of abstract grammar terms as a material and construction element in poetry contributes to the enrichment of our poetry in terms of meaning and connotation. In our study, it was seen that grammatical material was transformed into artistic material in a unique way in Behçet Necatigil's poetry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Le refus scolaire anxieux est un sujet d'étude international et constitue une préoccupation majeure dans les domaines de l'éducation et de la santé. Ce phénomène est une réalité clinique ancienne, complexe et multiforme qui reste, malgré tout, mal connue et mal-diagnostiquée. Cette confusion retarde le repérage et donc la prise en charge des personnes concernées. Cet article présente les dernières avancées et consensus scientifiques en matière de repérage du refus scolaire anxieux. Il s'intéresse particulièrement à la School REfusal EvaluatioN (SCREEN) , une échelle de mesure et de repérage du refus scolaire anxieux. Deux illustrations de l'utilisation de la SCREEN sur le terrain (en milieu scolaire et en population clinique) sont présentées. Enfin, sont évoqués la place et le rôle de l' International Network for School Attendance (INSA) , dans ce travail nécessaire d'amélioration du repérage et de la prise en charge du refus scolaire anxieux sur le plan international. School refusal is an international topic of study and a major concern worldwide in the fields of education and health. This is a complex and multifaceted clinical reality that is misdiagnosed and not yet widely known phenomenon. This confusion delays the identification and, therefore, the clinical care of youth displaying school refusal. This article presents the latest scientific advances and consensus concerning the criteria, screening and assessment of school refusal. It focuses on the SChool REfusal EvaluatioN (SCREEN), a scale for assessing and diagnosing school refusal. Two examples of the use of SCREEN in the field (school and clinical settings) are presented. Finally, we discuss the place and role of the International Network for School Attendance (INSA) in this vital work towards improving the screening and management of school refusal at an international level. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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In the Qur'an, in exchange for ghayb, shahada is used.1 According to the Qur'an, ghayb is always included in the sphere of the concept of Allah within the big ontic sphere divided into two as Allah and human. The basis of this dichotomy is the ontological difference between Allah as a creator and His creation. Despite this ontological difference between two realms of existence, Allah is the only being that humans, who are limited to the realm of shahada, have the most and constant contact. When it comes to revelation, this ontological difference becomes more of a matter of language than a matter of existence, and it is reflected in the language of the Qur'an. There are strong statements in this language about how the ghayb can only be known by Allah, which makes the ghayb belong entirely to Allah. To express it in the language of the Quran, ghayb can only be known by Allah2, on land and in sea, in the darkness of the ground, in the movement of a leaf Allah's knowledge prevails, and the keys of the ghayb already belong to Him.3 Indeed, the fact that the Prophet's emphasis on "I do not know the unseen" as an answer to a number of demands of miraculous things from him indicates that this area is dominated by Allah alone. In this sense, it can be said that whether the ghayb is known or not is not the problem of the Qur'an because this area is already fully dedicated to Allah in the Qur'an. For this reason, it is not possible for human beings, whose permanent place in the realm of existence is among the created, to violate the area which belongs to Allah, who is the absolute creator. And because of this, the Qur'an carries the discussion to the owner of the ghayb, not the knowledge of the ghayb itself. As a matter of fact, on the meaning base of every ayah emphasizing ghayb, there are revelation period addressees who were thinking of a number of human violations against ghayb and the language of Qur'an generates answers to these thoughts with its discourse. Because soothsayers, augurs, and poets in the mindset of jahiliyah's understanding of ghayb could obtain information about the past and the future, and it is believed that the source of this information was jinns. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Although usul al-fiqh (the methodology of Islamic jurisprudence) is described only as evidence (dalil) especially by the mutakallim scholars of usul al-fiqh, at this point, the evidence is important in pointing to judgments (ahkam, sg. hukm). Therefore, although there are different approaches about the essentialness and priority, hukm is the basic subject of usul al-fiqh. For this reason, Molla Khusrev described usul al-fiqh as a science which is used to know the situations of adilla (evidences) and ahkam (judgments) by explicitly mentioning both. Gazzâlî also began his book of usul al-fiqh with the subject of hukm he explained with the semere (harvest) metaphor. Al-hukm al-shar'i (legal) is the judgment about people's individual acts or their relations with others. From the individual point, hukm is related to the fact that an act has been fard (obligatory), wajib (necessary), sunnah (recommended), mubah (permissible), makruh (disapproved), haram (forbidden); from the legal point of view, it is related to the fact that a legal transaction has been sahih (valid), fasit (voidable), or batıl (void). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Ibn Hazm al-Andalusi (m.s. 944-1064), a member of Zâirism is among the prominent scholars of his period. In addition to being a scholar with studies of islamic law, philosophy and logic, he is also one of the most significant poets of Andalusia. However, he is harshly criticised for his language style particularly his little use of art of rhetoric, and for expressing his poetry rather as close to prose. This study aims to evaluate such critism by a language analysis of selected poems in Ibn Hazm ez-Zahiri' s work called Divanu el-Imam, which was investigated by Abdu'l- Kerîm Subhî. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Bu çalışmada, Arap Dili ve Belagatinin önemli konularından kabul edilen talebi inşa kategorisinin beş üslubundan biri olan nida'nın asli - hakiki anlamları ile muhtelif karineler sebebiyle bu hakiki anlamların dışına çıkarak kazandığı mecazi anlamları sistematik olarak belirlenmeye çalışılmıştır. Yedi tane edatı bulunan nidanın temel kaynaklarda on iki kadar mecazi anlamından söz edilmektedir.

Bu çalışmada, dilbilim ve belagat açısından büyük önem arz eden talebi inşa kategorisinin beş üslubundan biri olan Temenni'nin hakiki anlamı ile dil içi ve dışı bir takım karineler sebebiyle bu hakiki anlamların dışında kazandığı medizi anlamlar aydınlatılmaya çalışılmıştır. Temenni'ye ait yalnızca bir edat bulunmasına rağmen mecazen bu anlamı kazanan harici birkaç edat bu üsluba aitmiş gibi değerlendirilmiştir. Talebi inşa'nın diğer dört üslubuna göre çok daha az yer tutan Temenni'ye ait yalnızca iki mecazi anlamdan bahsedilmektedir.

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Evliya Çelebi is an extraordinary writer not only in terms of the content of his writing but also in terms of his language and style. Having set out to express many original observations and narrate many scenes from life, Evliya Çelebi seems to have realized that the inşa style of the classical prose, which was based on poetic aesthetics, was not adequate for this purpose. Instead of taking the aesthetics of inşa as an end in itself, he used it as an instrument for telling stories about man and society, and carved a language and style of his own out of the vocabularies and narrative possibilities of both the inşa language and the vernacular. Both the idiosyncrasies of his language and his mastery in fictionalizing his experiences clearly show that he was not only a traveler but also a writer. With his uncommon attitude towards the classical aesthetics of the Ottoman prose, whose writers were always also poets, Evliya Çelebi appears to have been the "crossroad where prose writers split from poets". [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]