The Unpublished Poetry of Nazîm the “Composer” (Three Gazels)

The tradition of compolling magazines, which starded in the XV. century in classical Turkish literature, continued until the beginning of the XX. century. At the end of six centuries, especially poetry journals have become one of the important reference sources for literary personalities of poets, examples of various literary genres or verse forms that are not preffered in our literature can be acccessed.Apart from this, it is possible to come across the poems whose names are mentioned in the tezkires but who did not organize the Dîvân, or the poets who are not included in the tezkires. One of these journals is the journal registered in 1127 in the Topkapı Palace Museum Treasure Library. There are 97 poets from differentcentury, is one of them. The real name of the poet is Yahyâ. He used the pen name “Halîm” for a long time, then he was given the pen name “Nazîm” by Neşâtî Dede. The death date of the poet, whose date of birth is not recorded in the sources, is mentioned as 1139/1727 in Hâtimetü’l-Eş‘âr. His only kkonwn work is his Dîvân. The poet, who was many naats in his Dîvân, is also referred to as “na’t-gû”. İn this study, after giving information about Nazîm, the journal registered in the Topkapı Palaces Museum Treasure Library1127 was mentioned, and then three gazels with the pseudonym Nazîm were punlished and presented to the researchers.