4 books
Mehmet Fuat Köprülü (1890-1966) was an author, historian, and Turkologist who studied literature through its links with language, religion, institutions, and historical change. Early Mystics in Turkish Literature introduces his method through the traditions around Ahmed Yesevi and Yunus Emre, relying on source criticism rather than isolated appreciation. The Origins of the Ottoman Empire shifts that comparative method toward political and institutional formation. Les Origines De L'Empire Ottoman (Studies in Islamic History No. 8) presents the same field in another edition, while Poreklo osmanske carevine records a further edition connected with that scholarship. Readers interested in literary history can begin with Early Mystics in Turkish Literature. The Origins of the Ottoman Empire then shows how Köprülü carried source criticism and cultural comparison into a different historical problem, making the two books useful companions.
