YEDİ SAYISININ KÜLTÜREL ARKAPLANI ÇERÇEVESİNDE GARÎBNÂME MESNEVİSİ’NİN YEDİNCİ BÖLÜMÜ ÜZERİNE BİR İNCELEME [A REVIEW OF THE 7TH CHAPTER OF THE MESNEVI GARÎBNÂME WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE CULTURAL BACKGROUND OF NUMBER SEVEN]

The aim of this study is to analyse the seventh chapter of Âşık Paşa’s Mesnevi called Garîbnâme within the scope of the cultural background of number seven. Numbers and number symbolism have taken place in the cultural and intellectual field since the early periods of human history and they have become an inseparable part of religion, myth, culture, art and tradition with their conceptual and symbolic meanings. Quantitative, symbolic, ontological and metaphysical meanings attributed to numbers by human beings can be found in all the oral and written cultural sources; especially in religious texts and mythic narrative. In this respect, numbers and number symbolism have taken place within the literary texts of culture resources as complementary and supportive elements of narrative. Numbers are one of the most striking motifs of meaning and configuration field of the Mesnevi called Gâribnâme written by Âşık Paşa who is one of the mystical poets of 19th century Anatolian literature. Especially, the seventh chapter of this work has a specific narration which highlights the cultural background of number seven. In this study, the seventh chapter of Gâribnâme was analyzed with its realistic, symbolic, ontological and mystical aspects. The influences of meaning world of number seven upon the meaning world of the text were also discussed. The resources revealing the theological, mystical and cosmogonical background of number seven were determined. Allegorical comparisons/metaphors preferred for the narration of those resources and storytelling techniques was also mentioned