Abstract:

It is known that many elements of social life are included in the classical Turkish literature. One of them, coffee has been the subject of various discussions along with the entrance to society; it has appeared in different areas of political, religious, social and literary aspects. When coffee began to spread in everyday life, it was the subject of gazels, some were praised and welcomed by poets, some found coffee harmful. Like literary texts, fetvas are also important sources in terms of keeping light on the social life of the time. Coffee in the classical Turkish poetry is one of the topics frequently asked to religious men and referred to in the fetts. 16 in this work. In the century, it was tried to be explained by examples of how coffee enters the Ottoman society in social life, religious understanding, literature and texts, especially literally and religiously, it was focused on how coffee was treated. First, examples were given in the divan poem showing how the coffee finds its place, then the religious authorities assessed how the approach to the coffee was taken to the center by the famous fetvâs of Sheikh Islam Bostanzâde Mehmed Efendi. Coffee-related cafés and their prohibitions appear especially when the 16th century divans and fetvans are studied. In the study, both the poems and the coffee shops are included in what aspects, as well as the provisions concerning coffee in a poetry-style fetva.

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