Countries and cities in the Gelibolulu Mustafa Ali of Divan

Literature; It is a fine art activity whose material is language and is related to many branches of science such as psychology, sociology, history, philosophy and geography. The most important of these branches with which literature is related are geography and history. Because the geography and the period in which we live are the most important factors that shape and affect human life. Literary texts; While giving information about the poet or writer who created the work, it also functions as a mirror that sheds light on the period and society in which it was written. A literary work is not independent of the author and society that created it. In this context, the place/geography and the era/period in which one lives stand out as an important factor in the poet's/author's life. Poets/writers, who bring the outside world together with fictional expression, include geography and its elements in their works. XVI in our literature. The most beautiful reflections of the literature-history-geography relationship can be seen in the Divan of Mustafa Âlî from Gallipoli, who is one of the leading poets of the 20th century and is also known for his historian and traveler identity. The subject of this study is the countries and cities that Mustafa Âlî from Gallipoli personally went to. The presented study is important because it reflects the perspective of countries and cities in classical Turkish poetry, not only from the pen of a poet, but also from the pen of a traveler and historian, and also aims to show the richness of classical Turkish literature. Keywords Divan poetry, Gelibolulu Mustafa Âlî, geography, literature, traveler.