Abstract:

The Dede Korkut Kitabı holds significant prominence within the realm of Turkish literature. The dialect of Turkish in which this work was written remains a subject of ongoing debate, despite the passage of two centuries since its discovery. Numerous scholars, particularly those specializing in the domain of Azerbaijan, assert that the composition was authored in Azerbaijani Turkish. This study aims to explain the Turkish dialect in which the Dede Korkut Kitabı, a prominent literary work, was written. The examination of the vocabulary of Dede Korkut Kitabı provided evidence suggesting that it was not authored in Azerbaijani Turkish. In this study, the Dede Korkut Kitabı and 71 words used in Turkey Turkish but not in Azerbaijani Turkish were examined. The meanings of these entries in the Turkic are clarified by giving instances. In addition, if these entries exist in Turkmen and Gagauz Turkish, their usage and examples in these dialects are also given.