Bâkî’nin Yayımlanmamış Bazı Şiirleri (Bir Gazel, İki Beyit)
The Unpublished Poetry of Baki: (One Gazel, Two Beyits)

Summary/Abstract: One of the prominent of 16th century poets, Bâkî composed poetry during a period when the Ottoman Empire was at its peak, and when culture, art, and literature were in their golden age— to the point that he had earned the honourable title “sultanü’ş-şuarâ” (the poet of the sultan). While an author of four works of prose, including Me’âlimü’l-Yakîn Fî-Sîreti Seyyidi’l-Mürselîn (Siyer-i Nebi), Fezâ’ilü’l-Cihâd, Fezâ’il-i Mekke and Hadîs-i Erba’în (Kırk Hadis) Tercümesi, his true claim to fame in fact was his Dîvân. Published three times (Dvorak 1908, Ergun 1935, Küçük 1995), the book contains some 636 poems, including 27 kasides, 9 musammats, 548 gazels, 21 kıt’as, and 31 matla’s. This number only increases upon including his other poetry as they appear in various magazines alongside studies concentrating on his Dîvân. The present study will introduce a gazel as well as two beyits composed under his pseudonym identified in magazine number 89, housed at the Research Institute Library of Istanbul.

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