Post by thracian08 on Apr 28, 2009 13:32:28 GMT -5
Did you know about Mehmet Akif Ersoy?
He is also of Albanian descent and a Turkish nationalist, and has wrote the Turkish national Anthem !
Mehmet Akif Ersoy --Poet and man of thought (b. 1873, Ýstanbul - d. 27 December 1936). He was the son of Ýpekli Tahir Efendi, a Albanian tutor at Fatih Madrasah. Mehmet Akif’s mother came from a family who migrated from Buhara and settled in Ýstanbul. The name of Akif was initially Rakýf, so as to rhyme with his father’s name; however, it was changed later. He was born in the Sarýgüzel quarter in Fatih province and attended the Emir Buhari Quarter School, Fatih Elementary School and the School of Politics.
During his years at high school, he attended the lectures at Fatih Mosque and learned Arabian and Persian.
He attended the Halkalý School of Veterinarian, after his father died and their house burned down and he graduated with the first degree (1893). He worked as a civil officer at the Department of veterinarian at the Ministry of Agriculture and worked in Rumelia, Anatolia, Albania and Saudi Arabia for four years. He learned everything and Arabian from his father. He got married in 1989 and had six children.
Also working as a teacher at the School of Veterinerian, Akif published the reviews Sýrat-ý Müstakim and Sebilürreþad with his friend Eþref Edib in 1908. He resigned from his office due to the Balkan War (1913). Opposing the Turkist movement of Ziya Gökalp, he defended the idea of Unity of Islam in his articles published in Sýrat-ý Müstakim and Sebilürreþad and at his preaches in Fatih, Beyazýt, Þehzadebaþý, Süleymaniye mosques (1912). He went to Egypt and Hejaz before the World War I began (1913). He was sent to Germany during the war by the Ottoman Intelligence Service on the invitation of the German government in order to see the Muslim captives in Germany in 1914; and to Necep Emiri Ýbnürreþid, where people stayed loyal to Ottoman Empire against pro-English Þerif Hüseyin in the end of 1914 by t he same organization. Meanwhile he was appointed as the first secretary to High Islamic Counsil.
He tried to encourage people in his preaches at mosques in Balýkesir in order to support the National Struggle rising in the Western Anatolia after the invasion of Ýzmir (1919). Shortly after his arrival in Ankara, he was elected as deputy from Burdur and served at this office until 1923. He was sent to Konya to prevent therebellions and to guide people. He informed people on Sevres Agreement and National Struggle at the enthusiactic preaches in Kastamonu Nasrullah Mosque (this preaching was published and handed out to all provinces and fronts). His Sebilürreþad was published in Kastamonu on 20 November 1920. He was dismissed from Dar'ül Hikmeti'l Ýslâmiye for his actions (20 December 1920).
He settled in Tacettin lodge after returning to Ankara. His poem was enthusiastically read out at the Turkish Grand National Assembly and was accepted as the National Anthem (21 Mart 1921). He refused the money award as the poet of the national anthem, although he was economically in a bottleneck. The national anthem has been re-composed four times, and the form by Osman Zeki Üngör was approved. Akif returned to Ýstanbul after the Independence War was over; however went abroad on seeing the practices against his ideals in the Republic, Such as abolition of caliphate and the tendency to secularism.
The publication of Sebilürreþad was terminated with the law of Maintenance of the Regime. If Akif still lived in Turkey under these circumstances, it was highly probable that his acts would haven been regarded a crime. therefore, he left for Egypt on an invitation form Prince Abbas Halim Paþa and settled in Hilvan. He worked as a professor of Turkish language and literature at the University of Egypt (1925-1935). He lived ten years of exile in Egypt and returned to Ýstanbul to die on his homeland of his cirrhosis. He died on 27 December 1936. He is buried at the Edirnekapý War Cemetery, next to the grave of Babanzade Ahmed Naîm Efendi.
His first poem was published in the school journal at the School of Veterinarian (Mektep Mecmuasý, issue of 2 March 1895); and his first professional work of poetry (Kurana Hitap-A Preach on Koran) appeared in Resimli Gazete in 1895. He published translations from Ýranlý Hafýz and Sadi in Servet-i Fünun after 1898. He was recognized with his poems and stories in verse published in the Sebilürreþad review (1908-1910).
He defended complete loyalty to Islam as a man of thought and represented the idea of Islamism, which was spreading at the end of 19th century. Agreeing with the famous Islamist philosopher of his time, such as Muhammed Abduh (1948-1905), Abdürreþid Ýbrahim (1853-1944) and Cemaleddin Afgani (1838-1897); Mehmet Akif believed that the Muslims should apply the Holy Koran to purify the religion from superstitions and to survive from the depressing conditions they were in. The idea was expressed in the words that read “Directly inspired by the Koran / The mind of the century shall interpret Islam”. Thus, he asserted a condition for being a poet of his time on his own understanding. His approach to art was to be with God, as Yunus Emre claimed. Regarded as the leading representative of the idea of “Arts for society”; Akif assumed poetry as an instrument to spread his beliefs and ideas and to continue his struggle.
WORKS:
POETRY: His poems have been collected under the title Safahat (Articles), which consists of seven volumes: Book 1: Safahat (Articles, 1911), Book 2: Süleymaniye Kürsüsünde (At the Chair of Süleymaniye, 1912), Book 3: Hakkýn Sesleri (Voices of God, 1913), Book 4: Fatih Kürsüsünde (At the Chair of Fatih, 1914), Book 5: Hatýralar (Memoirs, 1917), Book 6: Asým (Asým, 1924), Book 7: Gölgeler (Shadow, 1933).
Akif, who certificated the Çanakkale triumph which has the characteristic of being foreword for the Turkish Independence War with his unforgettable work named “Çanakkale Þehitlerine”, took part in the War of Independence actively by writing poems, giving speeches, and visiting the fronts. He acquired a profound place in the Turkish history with the Turkish National Anthem in which he addressed our nation and army in the national struggle against the colonialism and infected the Turkish nation with hope, courage, belief, and national consciousness.
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 though speeches that he delivered in many mosques in Anatolia. On November 19, 1920, during a famous speech he gave in Kastamonu’s Nasrullah Mosque, he condemned the Treaty of Sevres, and invited the people to use their faith and guns to fight against Western colonialists. When the publication Sebilürreþat, which was then operating out of Ankara, published this speech, it spread all over the country and was even made into a pamphlet distributed to Turkish soldiers. However, Mehmet Akif Ersoy earned himself his significant place in the history of the Republic of Turkey as the composer of the lyrics of the Turkish National Anthem. During the session of March 12, 1921, the Turkish Grand National Assembly officially designated his ten-quatrain poem as the lyrics of the national anthem. 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. He caught malaria during a visit to Lebanon and died on December 27, 1936 in Istanbul.
He is also of Albanian descent and a Turkish nationalist, and has wrote the Turkish national Anthem !
Mehmet Akif Ersoy --Poet and man of thought (b. 1873, Ýstanbul - d. 27 December 1936). He was the son of Ýpekli Tahir Efendi, a Albanian tutor at Fatih Madrasah. Mehmet Akif’s mother came from a family who migrated from Buhara and settled in Ýstanbul. The name of Akif was initially Rakýf, so as to rhyme with his father’s name; however, it was changed later. He was born in the Sarýgüzel quarter in Fatih province and attended the Emir Buhari Quarter School, Fatih Elementary School and the School of Politics.
During his years at high school, he attended the lectures at Fatih Mosque and learned Arabian and Persian.
He attended the Halkalý School of Veterinarian, after his father died and their house burned down and he graduated with the first degree (1893). He worked as a civil officer at the Department of veterinarian at the Ministry of Agriculture and worked in Rumelia, Anatolia, Albania and Saudi Arabia for four years. He learned everything and Arabian from his father. He got married in 1989 and had six children.
Also working as a teacher at the School of Veterinerian, Akif published the reviews Sýrat-ý Müstakim and Sebilürreþad with his friend Eþref Edib in 1908. He resigned from his office due to the Balkan War (1913). Opposing the Turkist movement of Ziya Gökalp, he defended the idea of Unity of Islam in his articles published in Sýrat-ý Müstakim and Sebilürreþad and at his preaches in Fatih, Beyazýt, Þehzadebaþý, Süleymaniye mosques (1912). He went to Egypt and Hejaz before the World War I began (1913). He was sent to Germany during the war by the Ottoman Intelligence Service on the invitation of the German government in order to see the Muslim captives in Germany in 1914; and to Necep Emiri Ýbnürreþid, where people stayed loyal to Ottoman Empire against pro-English Þerif Hüseyin in the end of 1914 by t he same organization. Meanwhile he was appointed as the first secretary to High Islamic Counsil.
He tried to encourage people in his preaches at mosques in Balýkesir in order to support the National Struggle rising in the Western Anatolia after the invasion of Ýzmir (1919). Shortly after his arrival in Ankara, he was elected as deputy from Burdur and served at this office until 1923. He was sent to Konya to prevent therebellions and to guide people. He informed people on Sevres Agreement and National Struggle at the enthusiactic preaches in Kastamonu Nasrullah Mosque (this preaching was published and handed out to all provinces and fronts). His Sebilürreþad was published in Kastamonu on 20 November 1920. He was dismissed from Dar'ül Hikmeti'l Ýslâmiye for his actions (20 December 1920).
He settled in Tacettin lodge after returning to Ankara. His poem was enthusiastically read out at the Turkish Grand National Assembly and was accepted as the National Anthem (21 Mart 1921). He refused the money award as the poet of the national anthem, although he was economically in a bottleneck. The national anthem has been re-composed four times, and the form by Osman Zeki Üngör was approved. Akif returned to Ýstanbul after the Independence War was over; however went abroad on seeing the practices against his ideals in the Republic, Such as abolition of caliphate and the tendency to secularism.
The publication of Sebilürreþad was terminated with the law of Maintenance of the Regime. If Akif still lived in Turkey under these circumstances, it was highly probable that his acts would haven been regarded a crime. therefore, he left for Egypt on an invitation form Prince Abbas Halim Paþa and settled in Hilvan. He worked as a professor of Turkish language and literature at the University of Egypt (1925-1935). He lived ten years of exile in Egypt and returned to Ýstanbul to die on his homeland of his cirrhosis. He died on 27 December 1936. He is buried at the Edirnekapý War Cemetery, next to the grave of Babanzade Ahmed Naîm Efendi.
His first poem was published in the school journal at the School of Veterinarian (Mektep Mecmuasý, issue of 2 March 1895); and his first professional work of poetry (Kurana Hitap-A Preach on Koran) appeared in Resimli Gazete in 1895. He published translations from Ýranlý Hafýz and Sadi in Servet-i Fünun after 1898. He was recognized with his poems and stories in verse published in the Sebilürreþad review (1908-1910).
He defended complete loyalty to Islam as a man of thought and represented the idea of Islamism, which was spreading at the end of 19th century. Agreeing with the famous Islamist philosopher of his time, such as Muhammed Abduh (1948-1905), Abdürreþid Ýbrahim (1853-1944) and Cemaleddin Afgani (1838-1897); Mehmet Akif believed that the Muslims should apply the Holy Koran to purify the religion from superstitions and to survive from the depressing conditions they were in. The idea was expressed in the words that read “Directly inspired by the Koran / The mind of the century shall interpret Islam”. Thus, he asserted a condition for being a poet of his time on his own understanding. His approach to art was to be with God, as Yunus Emre claimed. Regarded as the leading representative of the idea of “Arts for society”; Akif assumed poetry as an instrument to spread his beliefs and ideas and to continue his struggle.
WORKS:
POETRY: His poems have been collected under the title Safahat (Articles), which consists of seven volumes: Book 1: Safahat (Articles, 1911), Book 2: Süleymaniye Kürsüsünde (At the Chair of Süleymaniye, 1912), Book 3: Hakkýn Sesleri (Voices of God, 1913), Book 4: Fatih Kürsüsünde (At the Chair of Fatih, 1914), Book 5: Hatýralar (Memoirs, 1917), Book 6: Asým (Asým, 1924), Book 7: Gölgeler (Shadow, 1933).
Akif, who certificated the Çanakkale triumph which has the characteristic of being foreword for the Turkish Independence War with his unforgettable work named “Çanakkale Þehitlerine”, took part in the War of Independence actively by writing poems, giving speeches, and visiting the fronts. He acquired a profound place in the Turkish history with the Turkish National Anthem in which he addressed our nation and army in the national struggle against the colonialism and infected the Turkish nation with hope, courage, belief, and national consciousness.
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 though speeches that he delivered in many mosques in Anatolia. On November 19, 1920, during a famous speech he gave in Kastamonu’s Nasrullah Mosque, he condemned the Treaty of Sevres, and invited the people to use their faith and guns to fight against Western colonialists. When the publication Sebilürreþat, which was then operating out of Ankara, published this speech, it spread all over the country and was even made into a pamphlet distributed to Turkish soldiers. However, Mehmet Akif Ersoy earned himself his significant place in the history of the Republic of Turkey as the composer of the lyrics of the Turkish National Anthem. During the session of March 12, 1921, the Turkish Grand National Assembly officially designated his ten-quatrain poem as the lyrics of the national anthem. 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. He caught malaria during a visit to Lebanon and died on December 27, 1936 in Istanbul.