Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel (18 May 1898 – 8 November 1973) was a leading Turkish

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and later

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Biography

Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel was born in

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, on 18 May 1898. His mother, Fatma Ruhiye, was the daughter of a merchant named Necati Bey and his father, Süleyman Nazif Bey, who served as a public servant at the Ministry of Forestry. Faruk Nafiz graduated from Bakırköy Secondary School and Hadika-i Meşveret High School. Having studied medicine for a while, he quit his education and decided to work in the newspaper ''Ati''. From 1919 to 1920 he was among the contributors of '' Büyük Mecmua'' which was a magazine supporting the Independence War. From 1946 to 1960 Faruk Nafiz was a member of the

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for the Democrat Party. Following the

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on 27 May 1960 he was arrested together with other members of the party. He was imprisoned in

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and was then transferred to

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and was released from the prison without any charge after sixteen months. Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel died on board on 8 November 1973 and buried at Zincirlikuyu cemetery on 11 November.

Bibliography

;Poetry: * "''Şarkın Sultanları''" (1918) * "''Gönülden Gönüle''" (1919) * "''Dinle Neyden''" (1919) * "''Çoban Çeşmesi''" (1926) * "''Suda Halkalar''" (1928) * "''Bir Ömür Böyle Geçti''" (1933) * "''Elimle Seçtiklerim''" (1934) * "''Akarsu''" (1936) * "''Tatlı Sert''" (Mizahi Şiirler, 1938) * "''Akıncı Türküleri''" (1938) * "''Heyecan ve Sükun''" (1959) * "''Zindan Duvarları''" (1967) * "''Han Duvarları''" (1969) ;Theatre plays: * "''Canavar''" (1925) * "''Akın''" (1932) * "''Özyurt''" (1932) * "''Kahraman''" (1933) * "''Yayla Kartalı''" (1945) * "''İlk Göz Ağrısı''" (1946) ;Performances: * "''Bir Demette Beş Çiçek''" (1933) * "''Yangın''" (1933) ;Novels: * "''Yıldız Yağmuru''" (1936) * "''Ayşe'nin Doktoru''" (1949)

References

External links

* Biyografi.info
''Biography of Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel''
* Aruz.com

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