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One of significant poets in the sixteenth century, Hakani Mehmed Bey's understanding of poetry has been determined through what he said about poetry m his Divan. The article consists of: 1. The source, aim and use of poetry 2. His ideas on his poems 3. Components of beauties for poetry and beloved 4. The words he used for and abaut poetry 5. Poets and personalities he compared himself For him poetizing is innate. Poetry provides us with virtue, fame and power, expressing our feelings and we can be forgiven by poetry; so poetry should tell about the beauties of beloved. In Hakani's point of view, poetry should be eloquent and rhetoric; poetry should have renovation and it should be excellent m both form and content; it should be effective. He is the "sultan" of poets but neither he nor other artists are appreciated

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