Şeyh Gâlib
Galib Mehmed Esad Dede, known as Sheikh Galib (born 1757 – 3 January 1798), was a Turkish poet of divan literature, mystic. Biography. His real name is Mehmed. He used the pseudonym "Es'ad" given by his teacher "Hodja Neş'et", from whom he learned a lot by participating in literary conversations, until 1784 (Ergun 1932: 7), and then he took the pseudonym Gâlib. He was appointed as the sheik of the Galata Mevlevi Lodge on 9 June 1791. Galib Mehmed Esad Dede, who died in 1798, was buried in the tomb in the courtyard.