IF CLASSICAL TURKISH POET SHEIKH GALIB TELLS A STORY OF ATTAR?

The real name of Feriduddin Attar is Ebu Hamid Feriduddin Muhammed b. Ebi Bekr-i Nisaburi. Attar who was a herbalist, doctor, chemist etc. Came into prominence as a sufi and poet. Attar was a productive character and he had a lot of boks such as Tezkiretu’l-Evliya, Esrarname, Musibetname, Cevahiru’z-Zat, Vasiyetname, Bulbulname, Haydarname, Sotorname, Muhtarname, Sahname and Mantıku’t-Tayr. He also affected the eastern literature with his books. Within this context, poets mentioned Attar in their poems in Classical Turkish Poetry. Classical Turkish Poets mentioned him about his popular book Mantıku’t-Tayr and the meaning of Attar etc. Sheikh Galib who was one of the great poets of last period of Classical Turkish Poetry versed a story of Attar in Mantıku’t-Tayr in Turkish. In this paper, we will deal with this story that is in Sheikh Galib’s Divan and mathnawis.