Mehmet Emin Yurdakul
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Mehmet Emin Yurdakul
1869 - 1944
Turkish poet and politician.
Known as the "national poet" for his patriotic verses (he published a famous collection in 1897, Türkçe Şiirler), Mehmet Emin Yurdakul was born in Istanbul during the Ottoman Empire, the son of a ship captain. He entered the civil service and was appointed governor of the Hijaz.
In 1912, Mehmet Emin was a founding member of Türk Ocaği (Turkish Hearth), and during World War I he joined the National Turkish party. After the war he became a member of parliament in the new Republic of Turkey, taking the surname Yurdakul (slave to the homeland). Although he was an admirer of Atatürk, Mehmet Emin expressed several disagreements with the ideology of the new government. His poetry, still memorized today by Turkish schoolchildren, was characterized by an un-adorned style and unabashed praise for the Turkish nation.
Bibliography
Mitler, Louis. Ottoman Turkish Writers: A Bibliographical Dictionary of Significant Figures in Pre-Republican Turkish Literature. New York: P. Lang, 1988.
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Mehmet Emin Yurdakul
Mehmet Emin Yurdakul (1869 in Istanbul – 14 January 1944 in Istanbul) was a Turkish writer.
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Biography
He was born in Istanbul, Ottoman Empire in 1869.
Notable works
- Türkçe Şiirler (1889)
- Fazilet ve Adalet (1890)
- Türk Sazı (Turkish Instrument, 1914)
- Ey Türk Uyan (O Turk Wake Up, 1914)
- Tan Sesleri (Voices of the Dawn, 1915)
- Ordunun Destanı (The Legend of the Army, 1915)
- Dicle Önünde (In Front of Tigris, 1916)
- İsyan ve Dua (The Uprising and the Prayers, 1918)
- Zafer Yolunda (On the Way of Victory, 1918)
- Turan'a Doğru (Towards Turan, 1918)
- Aydın Kızları (Girls of Aydın, 1919)
- Türk'ün Hukuku (The Law of Turk, 1919)
- Dante'ye (To Dante, 1928)
- Kıral Corc'a (To King George, 1928)
- Mustafa Kemal (Mustafa Kemal, 1928)
- Ankara (Ankara, 1939)
References
- Biyografi.net - Biography of Mehmet Emin Yurdakul (Turkish)
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