He is the poet of Turkish National Anthem . He was born in 1873 in İstanbul.

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.