The qasidas presented for shaikh al-islams in the classical Turkish poetry

The tradition of presenting ode in Divan Literature is seen from the first periods of this literature. The poems which the poets offer to various statesmen on occasions such as praising, crushing or patronizing a person have been written for a certain purpose. Qasıdas in almost every poet's divan are important in terms of showing the relationship between poet and patronage in divan poetry. In the qasıdas written in certain forms, a section like the depiction of nature, followed by the entrance section, the good qualities of the person to be praised, their beautiful virtues are listed and at the same time a prototype is created about the person to be praised. Following these chapters, some poems include "fahriye" and "tegazzül". After these sections, the praised person takes the prayer section. This section also mentions the qualities of the praised person. Most of the characteristics of the person in which he is presented, the extraordinary and mythological beings and personalities, in which he likens, are revealed from the good and beautiful works he has done throughout his life and how he is perceived in divan poetry. In this thesis, it is aimed to introduce poet sheikhulislams by giving information about Sheikh al-Islams and qasıda presentation tradition and the institution of shaykhulism in Ottoman. The aim of the course is to show how the poets of the divan were perceived by the poets presented to the Shaykh al-Islams and how to create a profile. In addition, it is planned to examine the poems discussed in terms of form and content.