Kul Nesîmî, or simply Nesîmî, was an Ottoman

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 Alevi

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-Bektashi

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 poet, who lived in 17th century in Anatolia.

Very little is known about this poet except that certain political events found an expression in his poetry, such as Ottoman

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 conquest of Baghdad

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 in 1640. He wrote in the same tradition as such earlier poets as Nasimi, with whom he is frequently confused, as well as in the tradition of Khatai and Pir Sultan Abdal

Pir Sultan Abdal

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