A Comparative Investigation Regarding the Alanya Variant of Shah Ismail and Gulizar Story.

The stories of Shah Ismail, having a significant place in the folk stories as an important part of a narrative tradition, centers around Shah Ismail as the emperor of Safavid State, as a statesman, and religious sect sheik as well as a poet. These folk stories expanded over several regions such as Anatolia, the Balkan, and Middle East. Although various written and oral versions of these stories have been found in these regions, it is seen that compiled from such narrative and oral sources, some parts of the stories of Shah Ismail are about to be forgotten. The story of Shah Ismail compiled in Alanya can be an example to the ones which are being forgotten within the narrative tradition. In this study, a general introduction to the folk stories was provided first, and following this, the life and literary identity of Shah Ismail was given. In the study, the motives and episode structures of the story were analyzed by comparing the similarities and differences among National Library copy, Greek copy, Suleymaniye copy, and Alanya version. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]