Feyzi Halil's Life, literary character, works and examination of his divan

Feyzi Bey is a classical ottoman poet who has lived at the end of 18th and at the beginning of 19th century. The information about Feyzi Halil?s life and Divan are given in this study. The translated text of this Divan is prepared. Also text of Divan is analyzed in details and examination of text of Divan is tried to form. There is one copy of ?Feyzi?s Divan.? Feyzi has traveled a lot so he has met a lot of people and he mentioned about them in poems in his Divan. In addition to these poems, Feyzi?s Divan includes the figures of verse such as gazel, qasida, mesnevi, ruba?i, kıtèa, lügaz. Feyzi Bey mentioned mostly religion and sufism than society, human and natural subjects in his Divan. Feyzi tries to use an austere language with idioms and proverbs and he objects to lengthen the statements. It is understood from his some verses that he has taken Nedim, lived in previous era, as his model. But unfortunately we can not say that the poet ship of Feyzi is as valuable as Nedim?s. However, we think that examination or study on Feyzi Halil?s Divan is important and useful. Because it reflects the understanding of poems in 19th century which is known as the end of the poems of Divan and it shows the characteristics of this era clearly.