Abstract
Sadeddin Nüzhet’s Gazels and Other Poems
Sadeddin Nüzhet Ergun is an important personality in
Turkish literature as well as being one of the exceptional
names of literary historiography. Despite the fact that he is
partly known with his works he performed in the field of
literary history, the author also has a spirit of poesy which
needs to be studied in detail.
Although Sadeddin Nüzhet entered the literary life with
poems he wrote in his student years, later he got further
away from this genre and devoted himself to scientific
research. Despite this, his poems which were published in
newspapers and magazines such as Milli Mecmua, Yeni
Fikir, Kervan and he wrote with syllable and
syllablemetrics are works of art showing that his literary
character is also strong. Especially his gazels he created
under the influence of divan poetry provided to be accepted
him as one of the last representatives of tradition.
In this works, Sadeddin Nüzhet’s life was studied as
part of the identity of his sufi, composer, compiler, literary
historians; his poetidentity and his poems are also
emphasized. After giving general information about his
works, the poems that were determined were examined as
form and content, presented to the reader as a whole at the
end of the work. Thus, by pointing to a different as pect of
Sadeddin Nüzhet, who can not see the value he deserves in
the literary community, his work has been tried to be
shown in terms of the divan poetry tradition.
Keywords
Sadeddin Nüzhet Ergun, Gazels, Literature History, Milli Mecmua, Yeni Fikir.