SUMMARY
in this article we discussed a religous poem (deyis) of Eyüp Karkin, one of the disciples of the Dede Garkin community in Diyarbakir. The poem, which is (often) recited by the members of the Dede Garkin community in Diyarbakir, was equipped with a melody, while the narratives of the region Diyarbakir and Urfa were also considered. Thus the poem, which is known in Diyarbakir and Urfa and belongs to a popular poet (asik) of the Dede Garkin community in Diyarbakir, was discussed for the first time in an article, and the method and techniques of compilation (derleme) were applied. For this purpose interviews, a field study, recordings and written documents were made use of. in the course of our research, we (also) concentrated on the works of the religious leaders (mürsit) of the Dede Garkin community in Diyarbakir, one of the turkmen-alevi communites in the region of Diyarbakir, because of their strong in.fiuence and activites in this region, which are still remembered. in general was the main subject of the article a piece of work of religious poems (deyis) and its notation.