Poet and writer (B.
1787, Yozgat - D. 1845, Alexandria). He was raised with a private education in
his hometown. He was working as a Divan Stenographer next to Cebbarzade Süleyman Bey, after his death, he went to
Istanbul. He engaged Sultan’s attention in a short time and had important
community duties. He worked as Foreign Affairs Minister (1835-36) and Minister
of Interior with the title of Vizier. In 1845, while he was coming back from Hajj,
he got sick and died in Alexandria.
Literature historians
have different opinions on the issue whether his works bring up anything new or
not to the Turkish literature. He is famous with Adem
Kasidesi and
Mersiye, he wrote in syllabic meter for his grandson/daughter’s death. He was
counted as one of the latest divan literature writers with his prose..
WORKS:
POETRY: Münşeat-ı Elhac Akif Efendi ve Divançe (1845,
Mısır; 1943, İstanbul).
LETTER-MEMOIR: Eser-i Akif Paşa (letters, 1873),
Tabsıra (1882, 1887, translation to French, 1892), Muharrerat-ı
Hususiye-i Akif Paşa (1883).
TRANSLATION: Risaletü’l Firasiye ve’l Siyasiye (from
Arabic).
ABOUT: Bursalı Mehmed Tahir, Osmanlı Müellifleri II, 1972; Yurt
Ansiklopedisi (vol. X, 1984), Abdullah Uçman / TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi (vol. 2,
1989), Behçet Necatigil / Edebiyatımızda İsimler Sözlüğü (ed.18, 1999), Şükran
Kurdakul / Şairler ve Yazarlar Sözlüğü (exp. ed. 6, 1999), TBE Ansiklopedisi
(2001), Mehmet Nuri Yardım / Edebiyatımızın Güleryüzü (2002), İhsan Işık
(TEKAA, 2009).