%0 Journal Article %T AN EXAMPLE OF URBAN LAUDATORY-POEM IN MIHR HATUN¡¯S DIWAN: L DIK %A Selami TURAN %J Journal of International Social Research %D 2010 %I Journal of International Social Research %X Works written to describe a town or its beautiful women are named as ehr-eng z in the Classical Turkish Literature. Poets write out works of the genre ehr-eng z in verse or prose. They also give place, in their diwans, to poems of towns they visit.In this paper, the a poem describing the town of Ladik will be considered. The related poem takes place in diwan by Mihr Hatun, one of our notable woman poets who lived in Amasya, a cultural center of the 15th century. %K Classical Turkish Literature %K Mihr Hatun %K Ladik %K Laudatory-poem %K ehr-eng z. %U http://www.sosyalarastirmalar.com/cilt3/sayi10pdf/turan_selami.pdf