In
the Ottoman Empire, sultans, princes and prominent statesmen protected
and rewarded the artists. That was very important in the development
of the Divan poetry. Therefore palaces,
residences of pashas and governors were the basic centre of Ottoman
literary life. On one
hand, Cem Sultan has been known as protecting poets and organising
assembles for poetry and entertaintment, on the other hand he was a
governor and a poet. During his governorship of Konya, the community
around him had a distinct place in literary environment. The community
consisting Sa’dî-i Cem, Sirozlu Kandî, Sehayî, Haydar Çelebi, La’lî, Aynî,
Şahidî, Türabî has
been named as “The Cem poets”. Community had become so unitial
that its members left the country together after the fortune of Cem
Sultan. The effects of this event on the Divan literature have been
analyzed in our article.