There are three known sub-periods of historical Kipchak Turkish: Cuman Kipchak (14th century), Armenian Kipchak (1559-1664) and Mamluk Kipchak (1250-1517). The works written in these regions differ in terms of their genres, subjects, grammar, and vocabulary. Mamluk Kipchak is an important branch of Historical Kipchak Turkish, in which works were written in Egypt and Syria. Scholars divide this period into three sub-periods: Original Mamluk Kipchak, Oghuz-Kipchak mixed dialect and Ottoman Turkish. In published literature, while the first two periods could be explained in detail and the language characteristics and representatives could be determined, a comprehensive and holistic study was not conducted for the last period. In this article, poets such as Sultan Kayıtbay, Sultan Muhammed b. Kayıtbay, Kansu Gavrî, Yaş Bek, and Nâsır who wrote their poetries around the Mamluk palace in Turkish will be analyzed grammarly. These poets have been mentioned neither in Ottoman Turkish grammar studies nor in Ottoman Turkish literature history. This examination consists of orthographical, phonetical and morphological features. The study aims to reveal the differences and similarities of this period, which is basically an extension of Ottoman Turkish, and a detailed language analysis.
Kipchak Turkish, Mamluk Kipchak Turkish, Egyptian Oghuz, grammar, subdialect.