A poem for the Ankara drought of 1874: Kasida-i Kahtiyya

Drought is a natural climate event that can occur anywhere and at any time as a result of below-average precipitation. Drought has been observed throughout many parts of the world at different periods and has lead to famine events. The natural disasters that took place during the first half of the 18thCentury in Europe resulted in serious famine events. Similar events had been observed throughout the Ottoman Empire at different time slices as well. Taking place in Ankara, drought, being of natural disasters, resulted in a severe shortage of grain, death caused by malnutrition of people because ofcereals, migration of people to nearby regions, children being left orphaned, the drying of water resources due todrought thus leading to extreme water shortages in the centre of the province, as well as the emergence of diseases due to inadequate health conditions of the people. This paper both provides information about the drought and famine experienced in Ankara in the 19thcentury, as well as briefly mentionsabout the life and works of ？erke？？zade Mehmed Tevf？k Efendi. A transcribed version of his Kas？de-iKaht？yye about the drought in 1874 in Ankara, has been translated into Modern Turkish and examined