▁he ▁failed ▁to ▁get ▁the ▁position ▁of ▁his ▁dream s ▁which ▁his ▁father ▁and ▁grand father ▁had , ▁the ▁Nak ib ü ' l - e ş raf ▁( MP , ▁representative ▁Say y id ▁and ▁Sh ar if ▁of ▁the ▁Empire ). ▁ ▁He ▁translated ▁into ▁Turkish ▁many ▁poetry ▁of ▁pro se ▁works ▁from ▁Ott oman ▁writers , ▁originally ▁in ▁Arab ic . ▁His ▁main ▁work ▁is ▁Me ş air ü ' ş - ş u ara ▁( S enses ▁of ▁Po ets ), ▁a ▁te zk ire ▁( bibli ographical ▁dictionary ▁of ▁po ets ▁and ▁poetry ). ▁It ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 5 6 8 ▁and ▁is ▁an ▁excellent ▁source ▁not ▁only ▁on ▁the ▁life ▁and ▁work ▁of ▁Ott oman ▁po ets , ▁but ▁also ▁on ▁social ▁life ▁and ▁custom s ▁of ▁the ▁scholar - b ureau c rat ▁cast ▁( to ▁which ▁he ▁belonged ) ▁of ▁Ist an bul ▁of ▁those ▁times . ▁He ▁completed ▁it ▁while ▁working ▁as ▁a ▁k adi ▁in ▁K rat ovo , ▁and ▁presented ▁it ▁to ▁the ▁Sultan ▁Sel im ▁II ▁in ▁ 1 5 6 8 . ▁ 3 0 ▁copies ▁have ▁been ▁encountered ▁which ▁makes ▁it ▁the ▁second ▁most ▁read ▁te zk ire ▁of ▁all ▁times ▁after ▁that ▁of ▁Lat if î ▁( 1 4 9 1 - 1 5 8 2 ) ▁with ▁ 9 1 ▁copies . ▁It ▁cover ▁ 4 2 7 ▁po ets , ▁in ▁poetry ▁or ▁pro se . ▁Among ▁many ▁example ▁of ▁his ▁po ems ,