M. Niyazi Akıncıoğlu

Poet (B. 1916, Kurudere village / Kırklareli- D. February 1, 1979, Kırklareli). He used the pseudonym Eflatun Cünyet. He completed his secondary education in Bursa High School. He graduated from Istanbul University Faculty of Law (1943). He worked as a lawyer in Kırklareli until his death. In 1952, he was put on trial with the accusation of establishing a secret organization and was imprisoned for twenty months. He was released in 1954. He compiled his poems written by syllabic meter during his youth in his book named Haykırışlar (1938). His poems were published in journals such as Servet-i Fünûn, Yedigün, Yücel (1938-40), Türkiye Yazıları (1977-78). His poems with social realist structure were published in journals such as Yeni Edebiyat (1941), Yürüyüş (1942), Gün (1945), Yeryüzü (1952), Dost (1959), Türkiye Yazıları (1977-78).

“Niyazi Akıncıoğlu is a poet who acquires motifs from traditional narrations, folk poems and music, Divan poems; but he does not fall into the trap of structural artificialness, a unique style. The poems usually stem from the classics have a “simplicity”. But this is not the case with Akıncıoğlu poems; he has a dynamic poetry language where short verses interrelate and interconnect with each other. When he has the word, he moves breathless. But this fast run continues by strengthening the colors, not dispersing those. They turn into images he cannot have on purpose:

“Handcuff friend, hope has the white sail

Load your thoughts, load your ship

Your Greetings passes by, that’s obvious

Telegraph poles are green” (Tahir Abacı)

WORKS:

POETRY: Haykırışlar (1938), Umut Şiirleri (mass poetries, edit.: Ö. Can – H. Atabaş, 1985).

REFERENCE: Ömer Faruk Toprak / Sosyalist Kültür Ansiklopedisi içinde (1980), Yurt Ansiklopedisi (c. I, 1982), İhsan Işık / Yazarlar Sözlüğü (1990, 1998) - Türkiye Yazarlar Ansiklopedisi (2001, 2004) - Resimli ve Metin Örnekli Türkiye Edebiyatçılar ve Kültür Adamları Ansiklopedisi (2006, gen. 2. bas. 2007), Asım Bezirci / Temele Gül Dikenler (1997), Behçet Necatigil / Edebiyatımızda İsimler Sözlüğü (18. bas. 1999), Şükran Kurdakul / Şairler ve Yazarlar Sözlüğü (gen. 6. bas. 1999), TBE Ansiklopedisi (2001), Veysel Gültaş / Kadı Burhaneddin’den Günümüze Hukukçu Şairler Antolojisi (2003), Muhsin Macit / Niyazi Akıncıoğlu ve Şiiri (Türk Edebiyatı, say: 357, Temmuz 2003), Tahir Abacı / Şiir Kitapları Sözlüğü - 6 (Adam Sanat, Aralık 2004), Emrullah Güney / Akıncıoğlu Niyazi Bey (haber50.com, 08 Temmuz 2013, bilgi teyidi 28.08.2019).