Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel

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Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel
Born(1898-05-18)18 May 1898
Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Died8 November 1973(1973-11-08) (aged 75)
Istanbul, Turkey
OccupationPoet, author

Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel (18 May 1898 – 8 November 1973) was a leading Turkish poet, author and later politician.

Biography[edit]

Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel was born in Istanbul, Ottoman Empire, on 18 May 1898.[1] His mother, Fatma Ruhiye, was the daughter of a merchant named Necati Bey and his father, Süleyman Nazif Bey, who served as a public servant at the Ministry of Forestry.[1] Faruk Nafiz graduated from Bakırköy Secondary School and Hadika-i Meşveret High School.[1] Having studied medicine for a while, he quit his education and decided to work in the newspaper Ati.[2] From 1919 to 1920 he was among the contributors of Büyük Mecmua which was a magazine supporting the Independence War.[3] He was among the contributors of the women's magazine Süs between 1923 and 1924.[4]

From 1946 to 1960 Faruk Nafiz was a member of the Turkish Parliament for the Democrat Party.[1] Following the military coup on 27 May 1960 he was arrested together with other members of the party.[1] He was imprisoned in Yassıada and was then transferred to Kayseri and was released from the prison without any charge after sixteen months.[1]

Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel died on board on 8 November 1973 and buried at Zincirlikuyu cemetery on 11 November.[1]

Bibliography[edit]

Poetry
  • "Şarkın Sultanları" (1918)
  • "Gönülden Gönüle" (1919)
  • "Dinle Neyden" (1919)
  • "Çoban Çeşmesi" (1926)
  • "Suda Halkalar" (1928)
  • "Bir Ömür Böyle Geçti" (1933)
  • "Elimle Seçtiklerim" (1934)
  • "Akarsu" (1936)
  • "Tatlı Sert" (Mizahi Şiirler, 1938)
  • "Akıncı Türküleri" (1938)
  • "Heyecan ve Sükun" (1959)
  • "Zindan Duvarları" (1967)
  • "Han Duvarları" (1969)
Theatre plays
  • "Canavar" (1925)
  • "Akın" (1932)
  • "Özyurt" (1932)
  • "Kahraman" (1933)
  • "Yayla Kartalı" (1945)
  • "İlk Göz Ağrısı" (1946)
Performances
  • "Bir Demette Beş Çiçek" (1933)
  • "Yangın" (1933)
Novels
  • "Yıldız Yağmuru" (1936)
  • "Ayşe'nin Doktoru" (1949)

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Hakan Arslanbenzer (20 February 2016). "Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel: Populism, patriotism and passion". Daily Sabah. İstanbul. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  2. ^ Necat Birinci (1993). Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel: Inceleme-Seçmeler (in Turkish). Cağaloğlu: Boğaziçi yayınları. p. 13. ISBN 978-9-75451-102-4.
  3. ^ Hülya Semiz (2008). İkinci Dünya Savaşı Döneminde Gazeteci Sabiha Sertel'in Döneme İlişkin Görüşleri (PDF) (MA thesis) (in Turkish). Istanbul University. p. 20.
  4. ^ Özgün Uçar (October 2023). "Cumhuriyetin öncü kadın dergisi". Tarih (in Turkish). Retrieved 3 January 2024.

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