Collections, which are among the most important sources of our literary history, have brought many unknowns from the past to the present. The increase in studies on collections, especially in recent years, proves this. Collection, which is “Mecmûa” in Arabic, means “assembled, uniteed, mustered”. When collection is mentioned in classical Turkish literature, the first ones that come to mind are poetry collections, composed collections, an imitative piece of poetry collections, prayer, divine and lyric collections. Although studies on collections are increasing day by day, dozens of collections still on library shelves are waiting to be studied by researchers. The expression "unknown and buried treasure" used by Fuat Köprülü when describing the collections; It is noteworthy in terms of understanding how important sources are the collections. For this reason, the importance of studies on collections increases one more time. The poetry collection, which constitutes the main subject of this study, has been recorded in the Sivas Ziya Bey Manuscript Library with the fixture number 0132. Although the collection was recorded in the library catalog under the name “Kâzım Bey”, there is no evidence that the collection belongs to Kâzım Bey. In this study, firstly, information will be given about the place of collections in the history of Turkish literature; Then, a concise copy of the collection will be described. Later, the poems and poets in the collection will be shown with a table and the transcripted texts of the poems will be transferred.
Collection, poetry collectiom, Kâzım Bey, 20th century.