“This World is Falling to Pieces, Do Not Expect it to Get Better in Our Time”: Nazires to the Famous Poem of Sultan Mustafa III

The Turkish word nazire (reply in kind) is derived from the Arabic root nazara and describes a response poem. This article analyzes a poem consisting of two couplets by Mustafa III, the 26th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, and its nazires. This poem is significant in that it was written by an active s...

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Main Author: İsmail Avcı
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Language:English
Published: Istanbul University Press 2021-06-01
Series:İstanbul Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Türk Dili ve Edebiyatı Dergisi
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