Yaşar Nezihe

[1] Yaşar Nezihe differed from other female poets of the period in the sense of her life story and a contrary literary identity.

[2] Throughout her lifetime, she wrote poems about her penurious and challenging childhood as well as her love life and marriages.

Being known as the first female poet whose works were published in Aydınlık Dergisi (Enlightenment Journal), Yaşar Nezihe also became prominent for supporting labour unrests and her activist identity.

Since 1895, her works were published in the journals such as Malumat ve Terakki and Nazikter with pen names Mazlume, Mahmure and Mehcure.

Being the first female poet wrote in Aydınlık Dergisi, Yaşar Nezihe Bükülmez was accused of being a communist because of her writings, her membership of Osmanlı Amele Cemiyeti and support for labour unrests and was arrested.