The tradition of minstrelsy has served as a mirror reflecting the structure of Turkish society in a long historical process. The discourses of the minstrels, which transformed from individual to social in the period in which they lived, revealed ideal human behavior in the context of culture and belief. Emrah from Erzurum, one of the successful minstrels of the 19th century, sang poems with complaint content based on his religious, mystical and cultural knowledge and his impressions arising from his experiences. Love, beloved, destiny, destiny, exile, the destruction of times, the change of the world, the troubles suffered and the behavior of people such as ascetics and ascetics are among the topics he mentions most. Although these issues that he complains about are seen individually in the context of their handling, they should actually be seen as the problems of the society in which he lives. In some poems containing complaints, the minstrel hardened his style and created remarkable satires without discrimination of gender. These satires broke the stereotypes of the inviolability of the lover in Classical literature and clearly revealed the realistic atmosphere of the minstrelsy tradition. It has been observed that the complaints about the lover are much higher than the others in terms of volume. When all the examples are examined, it is understood that the lover has the impression that man's troubles, troubles and bad days arising from various reasons will never end in the transient world called the world. However, the social aspect of these complaint elements should not be ignored. Minstrels, who speak on behalf of the society, try to eliminate the flaws in the society they live in and the behaviors that contradict cultural norms by expressing them. Failure to eliminate the desired negativities increases the frequency of their expression, bringing the issue to the level of complaint. It is also possible to say that some issues have become common complaints in the minstrelsy tradition.
Erzurumlu Emrah, tradition, poem, complaint