^#smrgSAHAF A Fourteenth Century Turkic Translation of Sa'di's Gulistan -

Sayf-i Sarayi's Gulistan bi't-turki, one of the Turkish versions of Sa'di's Gulistan, is a charecteristic representative of late 14th century Turkish literature both from a literaryy and a linguistic point of view. It reflects an important phase in the history of language and literaturee of the Turks. By this time the domination of Persian culture over theTurkish world - the literary outcome of which was the Turkish poets' slavish imitation of Persian models - has reaced a turning point...