Sergüzeşt-nâmes in classical Turkish literature

Divan poetry with its hundres of years backround has some diversities in termsof handeled topics, however, investigations concerning the this poetry constraint mostlyseparate text publication. In this point, it is being important issue studying on genre thatis formed by different texts. Sergüzeşt-nâmes which consist of poet?s autobiography andchronicles is one of the mentioned genre.This investigation is on Sergüzeşt-nâmes which is insufficiently handeled in OldTurkish Literature. First, it has been determined some works with in the context ofSergüzeşt-nâme, then this genre has been analised with its distinct examples in terms ofform, theme and style. Sergüzeşt-nâmes has been handeled with its general features byother samples we gained.At the end of our work, we introduced that sergüzeşt- nâmes which consists ofpoet?s autobiograpy and their chronicles have some rather widely used properties tomake a genre. The fact that topics held in these works mostly depends on real person,event and places has revealed that Sergüzeşt-nâmes is a one of the way opened theworld of Divan poetry. By the way, inspired by events in Sergüzeşt-nâmes, we got achance of meeting Ottoman person and life.Key Words: Sergüzeşt-nâme, Sergüzeşt, autobiographic works, autobiography,Divan poetry, Choronicle.