Abstract
Inventory of Manuscripts Found In Kutahya Municipality Mustafa Hakkı Yeşil Library
Turkey one of the richest countries in terms of having
Islamic manuscripts. It is a well known fact that manuscripts
are very important sources in writing cultural,
literary and lingual history. In this article firstly we are
dealing with the importance of manuscripts in terms of lingual,
cultural researches and historyography. Then we are
mentioning the importance of Kütahya city in terms of having
manuscripts and we are talking about manuscript
libraries in the city. Later biography of Mustafa Hakkı Yeşil
who has collected manuscripts and rare books for 60
years and to the end of his life endowed his collection to
Kütahya in which he has born and raised is given. Moreover
technical information about his library is given. After
that manuscripts are classified in terms of languages. Autographs
and rare manuscripts are underlined. Finally
inventory of manuscripts found in the library is presented
to the interest of researchers.
Keywords
Kütahya, Mustafa Hakkı Yeşil, manuscripts, autographs, rare manuscripts.