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Yaşar İsmailoğlu
Yasar İsmailoğlu (born 1945 in Limassol, Cyprus) is a Turkish-Cypriot Turkish Cypriots or Cypriot Turks ( or ; ) are so called ethnic Turks originating from Cyprus. Turkish Cypriots are mainly Sunni Muslims. Following the Ottoman conquest of the island in 1571, about 30,000 Turkish settlers were given land once ... poet, writer and journalist who emigrated to London in 1972 after the 1971 military coup in Turkey. İsmailoğlu writes in Turkish and English. Poetry *''The Barbarian''. 1965. *''The Daughter of Steps (Step Kızı)''. 1968. *''Cyprus I Loved You So.'' 1980. *''Yarımın Acısı (Anguish of my half).'' 1995. *''The Pain of my Other Part/Why Aphrodite Why?'' 1995. *''To Whom I Could Die (Oyy Sevdasına Kurban Olduğum)''. 1997. *''Uzaklaşan Sesler''. 2000. *''Ayisigi Golgesinde Erosa Yolculuk''. London: Siirler, 2004. References External linksİsmailoğlu reading his work.Museum of London. 1945 births Living people People from Limassol Turkish Cypri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Limassol
Limassol, also known as Lemesos, is a city on the southern coast of Cyprus and capital of the Limassol district. Limassol is the second-largest urban area in Cyprus after Nicosia, with an urban population of 195,139 and a district population of 262,238. The Limassol municipality is the most populated in Cyprus, with a population of 108,105, followed by Strovolos in Nicosia. Limassol was built between two ancient Greek cities, Amathus and Kourion. Its historical centre is located around the medieval Limassol Castle and the Old Port. Today the city spreads along the Mediterranean coast and has extended much farther than the castle and port, with its suburbs stretching along the coast to Amathus. To the west of the city is Akrotiri, one of the two British Overseas Territories of Akrotiri and Dhekelia on the island. In 2014, Limassol was ranked by TripAdvisor as the 3rd up-and-coming destination in the world, in its Top 10 Traveler's Choice Destinations on the Rise list. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
