Mahmut Sıtkı Can

Araştırmacı, Yazar, Şair

Ölüm
26 Ocak, 1958
Eğitim
Istanbul University

Researcher-writer, poet (B. 1905, Ordu – D. January 26, 1958, Perşembe / Ordu). He completed primary and secondary schools in Ordu. He graduated from Trabzon Teachers’ School (1927) and started to work as a teacher in Söke district of Aydın. He was close friend with Kubilay, who attempted to stop the rebellion in Menemen on December 23, 1930 and was murdered by Islamist rebels. While he was conducting his military service in Gaziemir / Izmir; he attended the examination at Istanbul University and gained the right to become a Turkish teacher at secondary schools. After completing his military service; he worked as a teacher of Turkish language in Rize Secondary School (1931-1936) and Ordu (1936-1950) and as Turkish language and literature teacher at Ordu High School (1950-1957). He was appointed as the alternate director to Perşembe Teachers’ School in 1957. While he was on duty, he died of cerebral bleeding. He was buried in Kozlu Cemetery.

Sıtkı Can was a good orator as well. One of his most important contributions was to reveal two Divan poets Tıflı and Fitnat. He was the editor-in-chief of Ordu Public House journal Yeşilordu. İbnülemin Mahmut Kemal praises him for this. He was working on The History of Ordu before he died.

WORKS:

Doğunun Sesi Trabzon (1935), Birkaç Söz Birkaç Satır (1935), Ordu İlinde 19 Mayıs Spor ve Gençlik Bayramı (1937), Ordulu Şair Tıflı’nın Hayatı ve Eserleri (1938), Ordulu Şair Fitnat (1939), Rize Şairleri (1942), Ordu İlinde Çocukla İlgili İnanmalar (1945), Büyük Harfler ve Yazı İşaretleri (1945), Noktalama İşaretleri (1946), Dilbilgisi Esaslarına Göre İmlâ Kurallarımız (3rd ed., 1955), Fonetik Bakımından Ordu Ağzı, Ordu Bilmeceleri.

REFERENCE: Yurt Ansiklopedisi (vol. VIII, 1982-1983), TDOE-TDE Ansiklopedisi 2 (2002), İhsan Işık (TEKAA, 2009).

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