Necati, İsa

Necati, İsa

▪ Turkish poet
Necati also spelled  Nejati  
died 1509, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey]

      the first great lyric poet of Ottoman Turkish literature.

      Necati was probably born a slave; while still very young, he went to the city of Kastamonu and began to develop his skill in calligraphy and his reputation as a poet. About 1480, he journeyed to the Ottoman capital, Constantinople, and wrote verses for the Ottoman sultan Mehmed II. After the accession of Sultan Bayezid II in 1481, Necati briefly entered the service of one of his sovereign's sons, Prince Abdullah. Upon his return to Constantinople, Necati was once again awarded a government post with another of the Sultan's sons, Prince Mahmud, in whose service the poet enjoyed great favour. Necati was left patronless again, however, when Prince Mahmud died in 1507/08. After returning to the capital, Necati refused any further appointments and lived in retirement until his death in 1509.

      Apart from a few scattered lines from the many pieces attributed to Necati, the only extant work is his Dīvān (“Collection of Poems”), in which there are numerous examples of his graceful and refined verse. Considered an original and eloquent poet, he won the praises of his contemporaries and later Turkish writers, securing for himself an important place in Turkish literary history.

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