Abstract
Many works have been written in the style of advice in the Turkish-Islamic literature. In these written works, advice was given about the procedures on many subjects. One of these issues is about the recommendations on the composition of the economy, which consists of the activities of people such as production, consumption and distribution. In some of the independent works, in which information on the social, political and economic situation of the society is given, there are also important information about the problems related to the economic situation of the state and the solution of these problems. It is known that Yusuf Has Hacip's Kutadgu Bilig, Gelibolulu Mustafa Âlî's Nushatü's-selâtîn or Mawâ'idü'n-nefâ'is fî-kawâ'idi'l-mecâlis and Koçi Bey's treatises such as the important writings included in the politics tradition. there are artifacts. In addition to these works, some other sources, written in the style of advice, expressed the measures to be taken in order to ensure the livelihood of the people entrusted to the administrators and to maintain the state economy. Basically, the problems mentioned in the works are divided into two as those related to the administrative and economical system. In this study, the reasons that cause economic problems and the solutions offered by the authors, who were the intellectuals of the past period, were tried to be examined by taking the advice in the said works into consideration.