A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE POETRY OF SEHI BEY AND NECATI BEY

<p class="ql-align-justify">Turkish Classical Poetry in the fifteenth century, which is the first century from its birth, witnessed the rise of distinguished poets who would guide the literature of the two nations under whose influence they were flourished. The foremost figure of these poets is Necâtî Bey, one of the leading representatives of Classical Turkish Literature. Thanks to his poetic brillance, he developed a style peculiar to himself and made successful use of the proverbs, idioms and popular sayings in his poems. Necâtî Bey has mastered the literary assemblies he has created and has been influential in the flourishing of many poets, as stated in the tezkires, the main sources of the period. The top example for those who were brought up in the literary assemblies of Necâtî Bey is Sehî Bey, who is called “the apprentice of Necâtî” and who received the first monument to the throne in Anatolia. When we evaluate the poems of Sehî Bey, who has a regular divan, in consideration with Necatî Bey, it is noteworthy that Sehî has similarities with the poems of his master. As a matter of fact, it is seen that these similarities are in a form of “plagiarism” today, and that some sentences are exactly the same except for a few words. Noticing this resemblance, Evliyâ Çelebi claims that Sehî Bey’s divan is plagiarised from Necatî Bey’s poems by saying, “Sehî Bey prepared a divan with the writings of Necatî.” After giving information about the life and works of Sehî Bey in this article, this claim of Evliya Çelebi will be evaluated by comparing the poems of Necatî Bey with the poems of Sehî Bey within the master-apprentice relation.

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