he is the poet of turkish national anthem . he was born in 1873 in İstanbul
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MEHMET AKİF ERSOY’S LİFE. He is the poet of Turkish National Anthem . He was born in 1873 in İstanbul. His mother’s name was Emine Şerife and his father’s name was Temiz Tahir. He started his elementary education at Emir Buhari School. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
He is the poet of Turkish National Anthem.
He was born in 1873 in İstanbul.
MEHMET AKİF ERSOY’S LİFE
His mother’s name was Emine Şerife and his father’s name was Temiz Tahir.
He started his elementary
education at Emir Buhari School.
He quit this school after his father’s death and his house burned out.
Then, he went to
Veterinary School. He was interesting in
foreign language classes during his education.
He learnt French and
Persian languages. He worked as veterinary in
Rumeli, Anatolia and Arabia. He knew about people during his worklife.
His employment started in
1893 and ended in 1913. He was teaching literature
in schools during his employment.
He got married in 1893.
School education was not
enough for Akif. He studied himself to
expand his knowledge.
He continued studying Literature by teaching and writing poems after he started worklife.
He started to publish his poems in a newspaper in 1908.
He went to Berlin and
Arabia during World War 1.
He wrote Berlin Memories here.
He had about 100 articles and 50 poems.
General name of his works is Safahat.
Other works are called Süleymaniye Kürsüsü, Halkın Sesleri, Hatıralar, Asım and Gölgeler.
He got a serious illness
and he died on 27 December 1936.
His grave is in The Edirnekapı Cemetery.
Akif is one of the famous poets in our history.
His poems take an important place in our literature.
His subjects in his poems were social problems of the country, difficult situation of Anatolian People.