Senih-i Mevlevi Divanı

11 SUMMARY Süleyman Senih Efendi was born in Bursa in 1822. He came to Istanbul at 1837, not only educated but also worked. After he had graduated from Mekteb-i Adliye (law school) he entered to Mektubi Kalem. He undertaken serious duties on a lot of position in Ottoman bureaucracy. Thanks to his duty, he has possibility of to see very different places. He died in Istanbul in 1900. The gentleman Senih who is a person of principle, hardworking and honest, during his life, he continued to Mevlevi dervish lodge and he regarded the greatest chance to be sincere Mevlevi dervish for own. He has a muretteb (systematic) divan who had printed in Takvimhane-i Amire printing house in 1859 and two small verse works is called by Mersiye-i Sherif and Vak'a-i Kerbela Mukaddimesi. His works bears all charasterictics in the our classical poetry and it hasn't a different side in comparison to former poetries. He thoroughly discuss the event of Kerbela, the Alaouite sect and love of Hz. Mevlana in his poetries. He has powerful verse technique and apart from his song (literary type) and gazels, his work language is hurtful. He doesn't consider in social subjects. The sources is give an information have same mind about his that he says poetry in old style and he is second-class poet.