Rather than their other literary works, letters of poets and authorscomprise more intimate and private information about their private lives andcontacts within their literary milieu. In this sense letters are very valuable sources for history of literature studies. Through these letters in some cases it is possibleto face with diverse information against the common knowledge or an entirelydifferent portrait of an author from the customary interpretations. In this articlethree letters written by Recaizade Mahmud Ekrem Bey to Samipaşazade Sezaiare examined. These letters give important hints about the relation between thesesignifi cant authors and they also reveal information about the background of thefamous controversy about Talim-i Edebiyat. In the article letters are presentedwith explanations about the persons, events and discussions. The article containsthe Latinized versions of the letters and lastly original texts in Ottoman Turkishare added to the study.