Poet and writer
(b. 1869, İstanbul – d. 14 January 1944). He graduated from
He was one of
the founders of Turkish Guild (3 July 1911) and one of the members of
Commission of Culture and Science with Halide Edip, Ziya Gökâlp, Hamdullah
Suphi, Fuad Köprülü. Mehmet Emin who was one of the founders of National
Turkish Party with Dr. Adnan Adıvar, Yusuf Akçura etc. and one of the speakers
cursing the occupiers in Sultanahmet Meeting was called Turkish Poet and National
Poet for his poetry expressing national feelings. He became famous with his
poem Cenge Giderken (While Going to
the War) that he wrote for the victory of Turks in 1897 Greco-Turkish war. His
early poetry was published in the reviews Servet-i
Fünûn and Çocuk Bahçesi. He found
the review Türk Yurdu (18 August
1911) with famous Turkists of the time such as Ahmet Hikmet Müftüoğlu, Ahmet
Ağaoğlu and Yusuf Akçura and was the pioneer of the National Literature
Movement. He wrote his all poems in syllabic meter.
WORKS:
Fazilet ve Adalet (1890), Türkçe Şiirler (1889), Türk Sazı (Turkish Instrument, 1914), Ey Türk Uyan (O Turk Wake Up, 1914), Tan Sesleri (Voices of the Dawn, 1915), Ordunun Destanı (The Legend of the
Army, 1915), Dicle Önünde (In Front
of Tigris, 1916), İsyan ve Dua (The
Uprising and the Prayers, 1918), Zafer
Yolunda (On the Way of Victory, 1918),
Turan'a Doğru (Towards Turan, 1918),
Aydın Kızları (Girls of Aydın, 1919),
Türk'ün Hukuku (The Law of Turk, 1919),
Dante'ye (To Dante, 1928), Kıral
Corc'a (To King George, 1928),
Mustafa Kemal (Mustafa Kemal, 1928),
Ankara (Ankara, 1939)