Meded-nâme in Divan poetry as a genre

Although person is known as the most honored creature of the world of living things, it is always in need of help due to the weakness of its nature. In order to overcome this weakness, it does not hesitate to turn to any addressee who it believes is stronger than its. The person who takes refuge in this interlocutor adopts different approaches and presents its wishes to help its in various subjects. Here, the main place where all this reason-result relationship can be performed has been the meded-name kind. Introduction and first part of this study, It is devoted to the word meded, which gives the name to meded-name kind. The meanings of the word meded and the meanings it gained, its usage patterns and synonyms were tried to be given. In the second part of the study, kind of meded-nâme; description, sources, classification, determination, historical course, shape features, interlocutors and methods of seeking help were examined. İn the last and third chapters, all 767 poems of meded-nâme identified are included. Keywords: Literary Genre, Meded Word, Meded-nâme, Help, Asking For Help