Süleyman Çelebi and the Mevlid Culture on the 600th Anniversary of His Passing

The pioneering text of the Mevlit genre, which stands out as a foundational text, is Süleyman Çelebi's Vesîletü’n-Necât. Vesîletü’n-Necât, as a pioneering and foundational text, has not been considered merely as a literary text in our cultural history; it has also been accepted as a masterpiece that aims to explain, endear, and teach the principle of tawhid (monotheism) in Islam and the Prophet who established this principle to the people of this land. The work is not only a significant source for linguistics, language history, and religious culture, but also for disciplines such as musicology, social psychology, anthropology, and sociology.