Hakim Seyyid Mehmed And His Book Called Nazire-i Hilye-i Hakan / H K M SEYY D MEHMED EFEND ’N N “NAZ RE- H LYE- H KAN ” ADLI ESER

As a result of the deep divine love people had for our Prophet, various literarytypes such as mevlit and na’t appeared. Of these types, hilye is one of the morepopular ones. Hilyes describe our Prophet physically and morally and theyusually convey the divine love poets have for him. The best-known hilye inTurkish literature, Hilye-i Hakan , was written by Hakan Mehmet Bey in 16thcentury. One of the nazires written in this hilye belongs to Hakim SeyyidMehmed who was an 8th century poet. This nazire is usually regarded as one ofthe best in Hilye-i Hakan . In this article investigated Hilye-i Hakan and madeuseful form to literature.