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Mehmet Âkif Ersoy

Mehmet Âkif Ersoy was an Ottoman and Turkish poet, politician and writer (1873–1936). He was born in Fatih and died in Moldova.

The statue of Mehmet Akif Ersoy

Abdul Rahman Abdul Kudus · CC BY-SA 4.0

Biography

Mehmet Âkif Ersoy is recorded as having received Presidential Culture and Arts Grand Awards. Postage stamps ephemera.

Mehmet Âkif Ersoy is recorded as having studied at Vefa High School and Halkalı Ziraat Mekteb-i Âlisi.

Mehmet Âkif Ersoy studied at Vefa High School and Halkalı Ziraat Mekteb-i Âlisi. The recorded working language is Ottoman Turkish, Turkish and Arabic.

Positions recorded include member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey.

Works named in the authority record are Safahat and İstiklâl Marşı.

Distinctions recorded are Presidential Culture and Arts Grand Awards.

The statue of Mehmet Akif Ersoy

The statue of Mehmet Akif Ersoy

Abdul Rahman Abdul Kudus

Dated record

Life and career

The full dated record · 2 entries
  1. 1873

    Mehmet Âkif Ersoy was born in 1873 at Fatih.

  2. 1936

    Mehmet Âkif Ersoy died in 1936 at Moldova.

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Places

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  • Fatih

    Birth place

  • Moldova

    Death place

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Literature

Bibliography

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