| Summary: | Although Kadı Burhaneddin was a poet and a statesman who lived in the Central
Anatolia, his fame spread beyond the boundaries of Anatolia, and he made great contributions
to establishing the Turkish Language as a written language in the whole Anatolia, the Balkans
and the Caucasus. However, different ideas were put forward in Anatolia and Azerbaijan about
the language he employed in his poems. Kadı Burhanettin’s geography is important not just
because it determined the language his poems were written in but also it shaped the poems. In
this respect, the study of the place names used in his poetry will provide us with important
insights into his style, and it will also reveal the poet’s conception of the place and his
perception of the geography.
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