Proverbs and idioms the divans of 16th century poets Zati, Muhibbi, Baki, Fuzuli, Taşlicali Yahya, Nev'i, Cinani, Hayali, Hayreti

Proverbs and idioms are frequently used in Turkish literatüre. The dîvâns of someof the 16th century poets were examined, considering how and how often these words were used by poets in Turkish literatüre. By scanning the dîvâns of 16th century poets Zâtî, Muhibbî, Bâkî, Fuzûlî, Taşlıcalı Yahyâ, Nev'î, Cinânî, Hayâlî, Hayretî, Ömer Asım Aksoy's Dictionary of Proverbs and Idioms (1-2) and TDK Dictionary of Proverbs and Idioms Proverbs andidioms in the Works werw compared. The words that can be used as idioms and proverbsin the dîvâns but or included in the two mentioned Works are also staded as they are in the dîvân. As a result of the ezamination, 1058 idioms and 54 proverbs were identified. Ithas been determined that Zâtî is the poet who uses the most proverbs and idioms amongthe poets who are the subject of our study. Keywords: Proverb, Idiom, 16th century dîvân literature, poets of 16th century dîvânliteratur