Yahya Kemal Beyatlı

Turkish author

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contribution to Turkish literature

  • This map shows the territorial expansion of the Ottoman Empire from 1300 to its greatest extent in 1683-99, highlighting different periods under rulers such as Mehmed II, Selim I, and Süleyman the Magnificent, and marking key cities, seas, and geographical boundaries in Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East.
    In Turkish literature: Modern Turkish literature

    …figure of that generation was Yahya Kemal Beyatlı. Born in Skopje (Usküb; now in Macedonia), Beyatli studied in Paris for several years and subsequently taught at Istanbul University. After the proclamation of the Turkish republic, he held several ambassadorial posts. Although he supported republican principles, much of Beyatli’s poetry glorifies…

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  • Al-Ḥākim Mosque
    In Islamic arts: Turkish literatures

    …Haşim (died 1933) and of Yahya Kemal Beyatlı (died 1958), in which the twilight world of old Istanbul is mirrored in soft evocative hues and melodious words. At the same time, the figure of Nazım Hikmet (died 1963) looms large in Turkish poetry. Expressing his progressive social attitude in truly…

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