Semantic relationships of garden and its elements in classical Turkish poetry

The gardenand its elements are the most used external World elements since the begining of classical Turkish poetry. Until today, many studies have been done about the garden and its elements, which are the most important external world factors affecting the classical Turkish poetry, are so comprehensive that they can not be explained by the facts or even by a few. In the articles and in some works one or a kind of garden and its elements are taken up. A work written about any of the garden and its elements doesn't give sufficient and necesarry information about the others. Therefore, the garden and its elements are considered garden and its elements with other words are examined. In the studies related to the garden and its elements, it is observed that the garden elements are generally used as side heading. In our thesis a way has been followed in the opposite direction of this. In the verses selected from the divans being examined the words in semantic relationship with the garden elements were used as side title. Under these side titles, selected couplets were included and the semantic relationship was explained using the method of analysis. The thesis consists of five parts. These titles are listed as poets whose divan was examined, religion, universe, human and humanistic behaviours and social life respectively. Different results have been reached in the thesis. It has been seen that many of the garden elements are in semantic relation with more than one side title. It has also been observed that more than one side title is in a semantic relationship with a garden element. Garden elements are also used for situations outside of dear ond lover's. The use of gardens and elements has changed according to centuries, geographical conditions, social and political situation, poet education, humor, life and religious understanding. It has been observed that some poets have included some semantic associations that have never been used before.