Nâkâm's Divan

This study examining Nakam?s Divan consists of the transcript of the text and a general evaluation of Nakam as a poet.Nakam is among the 19th century poets. The merely source giving information about him is Tuhfe-i Naili where he is mentioned in a few words. His only book found so far is Divan. He used totally 14 aruz prosodies in Divan which is made up of 239 poems. The significant poem form is gazel. All of his gazels have 7 couplets except two. He also wrote a 35 couplets kaside for Sultan Abdülhamid. On the basis of Divan, we can conclude that he is an educated poet. Even though we coincide with some undecorated expressions in his poems the general character of his linguistic style is ornamental. He, as a poet writing nazire to Fuzulî and Şeyh Galip, has a great influence of Fuzulî in his poems.Key Words:1.Nâkâm?s Divan2.19. entury3.Shape4.Content5.Text