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Nasîhatnâme. Abstract Seventeenth century is a period in which the Ottoman Empire lived a period of stagnation. In this period, great changes and degenerations were observed in political, military, social and economic life. It iss important to evaluate with a perspective of mutasavvıfs of this period took place in boks of many statesmen, poets and writers. Kâdirî Muhyiddîn is one of the important sufis and poets who lived in the seventeenth century. We have very little information about his life. His Nasîhatnâme is his only work, that we have available. He had Devlet Sosyal opportunity to observe the political, military, social and economic life in the Ottoman geography, especially in Istanbul-Kırım-Kefe cities from many points of view. He expressed his observations in his poetic nasîhatnâme that included 7997 couplets. The widespread use of tobacco and coffee in the Ottoman Empire in the 17th century, the increase in the number of coffeehouses, the increase of adultery and bribery, the increase of the admiration of luxury especially the sable fur, the bribe-buying of the authorities, the continuous dismissal of the state officials, the deterioration of the sufi class and the conflicts among themselves, and the influence of the women and bad “musâhib” the deterioration of the Ottoman military system and the various sufism issues are some of the issues addressed in the Kâdirî Muhyiddîn’s Nasihatname. In this study, seventeenth century, Ottoman state management and social life will be discussed through the eyes of Kâdirî Muhyiddîn.