The philosophy of diwan poetry in the 16th century on the basis of ghazal redifs

In this study; it is aimed that by the investigation of the ghazals, which express the poets' philosophy of life, it is tried to determine how 16th-century poets describe their life philosophies by using redifs. After the introduction, which explains the purpose of the study and determines its boundaries, brief information about the concepts of Ghazal and Redif was given and the lexical meaning of the redifs was presented. Then, the poets were considered as headings and the ghazals containing redifs were examined. At the end of each chapter, a conclusion was written about the purpose of the poets to use redifs. After the examination, the number of the ghazals that the poets wrote with the redifs is presented as a table. In conclusion part of the study, general evaluation was made on the basis of ghazels and some interpretations were made on the subjects of Diwan poetry. The bibliography contains all the resources used in the study. Key Words: 16th Century, Ghazal, Redif, Diwan Poetry, Philosophy