Poetics of XVth century classical Turkish poetry

In this study our aim was to define the status of poetics in classical Turkish poetry and to define the status of XVth century in classical Turkish poetry poetics; to reveal the poetic interpretations and discourses of the poets of the period as well as to identify similar or divergent aspects between the revealed data. Our study titled as "Poetics of XVth Century Classical Turkish Poetry" showed the substantiality of classical Turkish poetry in this field. For this purpose, divans and mesnevis of the 11 prominent poets of the XVth century; namely Abdülvâsi Çelebi, Adlî, Ahmet Pasha, Avnî, Bedr-i Dilşad, Cem Sultan, Hamdullah Hamdî, Mihrî Hâtun, Necâtî Bey, Şeyhî and Tâcî-zâde Cafer Çelebi were analyzed. Thus, the attitudes and ideas of the poets towards poetry and Divan poetry were determined. Based on the data obtained, the titles and then the thesis were created. First of all, in the introduction section the definition, scope, history and examples of poetics in the Turkish literature are emphasized. After the introduction section, the thesis consists of four chapters. In the first chapter, the political, social, cultural and literal situations of the century; as well as the information about the life, arts and works of selected poets were given. In the second, third and fourth chapters; the thoughts and evaluations of the poets regarding "poem", "poet" and "environment" are given respectively within the related subtitles. In these chapters, based on the expressions and interpretations of the poets of the century, we tried to reach some general judgements about the poetics of XVth century classical Turkish poetry. As a result, we reached many poetic values or judgments among the statements of poets. Therefore, XVth century is a period in which poetics of divan poetry began to occur and from this aspect this period owns comparable richness with respect to other centuries.