Evaluation of Arabic Foundation Certificate-charter of Sinanuddin Yusuf Çelebi from Ohrid in Terms of Language and Arabic Rheteoric

Foundations were established as the social aid and solidarity institutions in Islamic Civilization to meet society's needs. Broadly speaking, the system of foundation had a significant role in the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman Empire was one of the states, which made the best use of this foundation system. Politicians, who worked in the Ottoman state, had established some foundations with respect to their positions, ranks and the regions to which they served. The established foundations not only met the social needs of the Ottoman Empire, but also provided the scientific contributions. In addition to the service, which these foundations offered the society, they assisted the consolidation of the relationships between the state and society. As a consequence, foundation certificate-charters, the legal documents of the foundations, are the resources, which enable the transfer of literary, cultural and social values to the present. During the Ottoman period, foundation certificate-charters were written in Ottoman Turkish, Arabic and other languages. Sinanuddin Yusuf Çelebi wrote his foundation certificate-charter in Arabic. Foundation certificate-charters are very important because of the use of the higher order language skills and the density of literacy aspects. In this study, Sinanuddin Yusuf Çelebi’s foundation certificate-charters wil examine syntactically and semantically in terms of linguistic features such as synonyms, antonyms, and rhetoric.