Mustafa Efendi and Mesnevi of Gülşen-i Pend (research-text)

The Mesnevi area of Classical Turkish Literature takes attention as a wide area in which lots of prose Works have been written with various themes and different kinds. The significant aspect of this area is Nasihat-nâme, called as Pend-nâme, too. It tries to explain right and good and give moral, didaktic lessons. In our Master thesis, we will try to handle and examine a Nasihat-nâme colled Gülşen-i Pend wich was written in 1708 by Mustafa Efendi, who lived between the second period of the 17th century and the first period of the 18th century. This thesis is composed of three sections; research, text and theseraus. Key Words: Mustafa Efendi, Nasihatnâme, Pend-nâme, 18th century, Mesnevi.