Hayali Bey

poet

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Turkish literature

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    In Turkish literature: Movements and poets

    Hayali Bey, the most influential poet of the first half of the 16th century, was the son of a timar sipahî (feudal cavalryman) from Rumeli, in the Balkans. He began his career with a troupe of wandering dervishes and eventually came under the protection of…

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