Abstract:

Mirza Ali Ekber Sabir was one of the most famous poets of Azerbaijani Turkish literature in the XX. century. During this period, he wrote poems in the form of gazel, kaside and mersiye until 1905, only one of his poems was published in the media. His first poem, which was published on “Eastern Russian” (Şarkî Rus) newspaper in 1903, drew no one’s attention, however his second poem, which was published on “Life” (Hayat) newspaper in 1905 called “Beynelmilel”, drew attention of many people. Sabir pointed out a weakness and a lack of community skills and he criticized it in a satirical and humorous way. Sabir published his poetry in the Molla Nasreddin magazine under different pseudonyms, however his most popular one is “Hophop”. Sabir’s poems was first published under the name of “Hophopname” in 1912

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