Mehmed Nazîf Bey as a celî calligrator his life and works

The art of calligraphy achieved its aesthetic beauty and evolution in the 19th century. He completed it in the footsteps of Turkish calligraphers in the 19th century. One of our important Ottoman calligraphers who lived in this century and influenced the rest of the period he lived in is Hacı Nazîf Bey, the Chief of Staff of the Military Service. It is stated that, due to Mehmed Nazîf Bey's mastery in jali writings, when the calligraphers disagreed after his teacher Sâmi Efendi, the question of how Nazîf was made was recorded in his writings. Nazîf Bey's works continue to be a source of inspiration for today's calligraphers, with their strong dynamism in terms of arrangement, composition and packaged letter anatomy. The subject of our thesis consists of the life and works of Calligrapher Mehmed Nazîf Bey. The works of Hacı Nazîf Bey; Efforts were made to scan museum, library, private collection and auction catalogues, bring them together and catalog them in accordance with a chronological understanding.