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Neriman Hikmet (1912-1987) was a writer who emerged during the Early Republican Period and became a prominent figure in literature. She gained recognition for her activist identity by co-founding the Turkish Revolutionary Women's Association alongside Suat Derviş. She was also a journalist known for her articles published in prominent newspapers of the era such as Haber, Vatan, and İkdam. Furthermore, Neriman Hikmet stood out as a researcher with her literary journalism book titled “Ankara Kabristanında Açan Güller” (1966) and her analyses including “Gazetelerin Bilmediği, Partilerin Konuşmadığı Hakikatler” (1948) and “Mevlâna: Bilimsel Gerçekçilik Açısından Varoluş Felsefesi” (1975). She also authored a novel titled “Köyün Dulları”. Together with all these, Neriman Hikmet stands as one of the “female” poet pioneers of the Republican Era. In the 1930s, by presenting her poetic compositions in literary magazines, she made a step to the world of literature at a very young age. Furthermore, Neriman Hikmet authored two poetry books, namely Konya Yolunda Tahassüsler (1932) and Tren (1935). Regrettably, scholarly inquiries into these works remain conspicuously absent from many literary histories. Moreover, the studies dedicated to her poems are also very few. Neriman Hikmet, who is currently regarded as a “forgotten poet,” is an important figure that deserves a study due to her ability to publish poems in a time when the voices of women were seldom heard and literary circles were predominantly dominated by men. In this article, Neriman Hikmet’s place in the literary world and her poetics will be discussed, her works in the genre of poetry will be made acquainted, and her poetry will be evaluated within the context of three seminal poems of these literary works that show the different phases of her poetic understanding.