Although he wrote his first few poems in the time-tested syllabic meter, he was constantly in search of newer and bolder forms. A pioneer of the free flowing verse style in Turkish poetry, Nazim Hikmet was oft persecuted in his homeland for his revolutionary and rebellious writings. The Soviet bard Mayakovski was his chief inspiration. Nazim Hikmet or Nazim Hikmet Ran (1902-1963) is the most widely recognized among all Turkish poets and one of the greatest poets of the twentieth century and his works have been translated into several languages. Nazim Hikmet was a poet … Nazim Hikmet forayed into the world of poetry at the age of fourteen and published his first volume of works at the age of seventeen. NAZIM HIKMET. Revolutionary in his ideas, Hikmet flouted conventions even while writing. My favorite Turkish writer is everyone’s favorite, Nazım Hikmet. By universal agreement he is the greatest literary figure the Turkish Republic has produced.