Şâirin Ekonomisi, Ekonominin Şiircesi : Divan Şâirleri ve Ekonomik Hayat

The economy has been one of the difficult problems during the history of mankind. The sources from which one can search economical problems of manhood in history are not only archivical documents but also literary works. Therefore, one of the sources regarding with the issues of Ottoman economics is Divan poetry. The Dıvan poets had written about economic problems of society such as starvation, famine, high cost of life, blackmarket, bribery, corruption, miseriliness, and generosity. If this poems me analysed, it will be seen that the poet me one of the most important observes of socio-economical life of the Ottoman society.