White And Whitism As A Collectıon In Classic Literature Of East

White, which means “hoar, egg white, whiteness; soft” is a collection of poems selected by the wellknow poets of Arabian peninsula, Middle Asia and Iran. Though anthology has similarities with poetry magazines and periodicals, it is totally different in terms of form and content. In white, the selected poem is merely given and the name of the poet is mentioned at the end of the work and in the table of contents. In addition to this, there are important records given such as the dates of birth and death and marriage; and same examples like mottos, selected prose samples and various folk tales are presented. This literary work, which was treated by the Arabian poet Ebu Temmâm, has been commonly used in Iran, Middle Asia, Afghanistan and İndia since 15th century. The whitwes, until 17th century, which consisted of Persian-Tajik poets poems, started to be consisted of the translated poems of the Jagatai(Çağatay), Azerbaijani, Anatolian and western poets. This literary work which carries the characteristics of the geography where it is written has schools spesific to itself. Whitism, which had its brightest period in 18th and 19th century, is a crucial source which creates an access to the Works of local poets or especially the poets who did not have “Divan”.