Bekir Sıtkı Erdoğan (1926 – August 24, 2014) was a Turkish poet and songwriter. He graduated in 1948 from a military college and served as a regimental officer. Later he graduated from the Faculty of Linguistics, History and Geography and taught literature at the

Turkish Naval High School Naval High School ( tr, Deniz Lisesi); known in the Ottoman period as the ''Imperial School of Naval Engineering'' (''Mühendishane-i Bahr-i Hümâyûn'') and later as the ''Imperial Naval School'' (''Mekteb-i Bahriye-i Şahane''); is a Turkish n ...

, the German Deutsche Schule and Marmara College.

Career

Erdoğan has written folk poetry in syllabic metric and

aruz Aruz wezni, or aruz prosody, is a kind of Turkic poetic rhythm. The earliest founder of this versification system was Khalil ibn Ahmad. There were 16 kinds of modalities of aruz at first. Later Persian scholars added 3 kinds. For example, the Turki ...

. He used

Turkish Turkish may refer to: *a Turkic language spoken by the Turks * of or about Turkey ** Turkish language *** Turkish alphabet ** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation *** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey *** Turkish communities and mi ...

lyrics in a number of songs. His Ruba'ic poems were published by ''Hisar''. He wrote the lyrics for the 50th anniversary of the Turkish Republic; "Cumhuriyetin 50. Yıl Marşı". The musical was organized by Necil Kazım Akses.Edebi Bilgiler.com: Bekir Sıtkı Erdoğan
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Bibliography

* ''Bir Yağmur Başladı'' (1949-1957) * ''Dostlar Başına'' (1965) * ''Kışlada Bahar'' (1970) * ''Binbirinci Gece''

Music lyrics

* ''Kara gözlüm efkarlanma gül gayri'' (1963) * ''Ve Ben Yalnız'' (1968, Music by

Selmi Andak Selmi is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Ali Selmi, Tunisian football manager * Ali El Selmi, Egyptian academic * Djilali Selmi (born 1946), Algerian former footballer who played as a midfielder *Francesco Selmi, Italian chemis ...

) * ''Hancı'' (1977, Music by Gaston Rolland; Arrangement by Paul Mauriat - Toccata)

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Composers of Ottoman classical music Composers of Turkish makam music 1926 births 2014 deaths {{songwriter-stub

Career

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Music lyrics

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