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Mehmet Akif Ersoy is an important national figure in the history of modern Turkey and has left an immortal trace in its history. During the republican period, Mehmet Akif Ersoy taught history and literature at various universities. Ersoy agreed to translate the Quran into the
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under the mentorship of his father. As he was about to complete his education at the Fatih Merkez Rüştiyesi, his father's death and a fire that destroyed his home forced Ersoy to discontinue his education and to start working to support his family. He wanted to start a professional career as soon as
443:. This volume is a collection of 44 poems of various lengths by Mehmet Akif Ersoy. The earliest work that appears in this book is dated 1904, but this is unattested, and it is highly likely that the poet, who was 32 on that particular date, composed poems prior to that date.
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and Cenap Şahabettin, which he had met in 1913, he worked for the publication branch of the Müdafaa-i
Milliye Heyeti. In his sermons in the mosque, he urged for the union of the different ethnicities in the Ottoman Empire. He was dismissed from his post at the
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During the collapse of the
Ottoman Empire, Mehmet Akif Ersoy was a fervent patriot. He made important contributions to the struggle for the declaration of the Turkish Republic, and advocated patriotism through speeches that he delivered in many mosques in
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A framed version of the national anthem by Ersoy typically occupies the wall above the blackboard in the classrooms of every public as well as most private schools around Turkey, along with a
Turkish flag, a photograph of the country's founding father
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Mehmet Akif Ersoy had abundant knowledge concerning traditional eastern literature. In addition, he also studied the works of authors such as
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Istanbul and was the first person in the history of the Republic of Turkey to have the national anthem performed at his funeral ceremony.
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instead of the one in Arabic. A university in Burdur was named after him. Ersoy's portrait was depicted on the
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at a university there during his 11-year stay. He caught malaria during a visit to
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officially designated his ten-quatrain poem as the lyrics of the national anthem.
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