Poet. He studied at the Galatasaray Lycée in Istanbul and attended the Naval War School in Heybeliada. He went to Anatolia to join independence war and worked as a teacher in Bolu. He studied political economy and sociology in Moscow . He joined Communist Party of Turkey. Because of his articles and poems in the periodical Aydinlik he was sentenced to prison for 15 years, but escaped to Moscow. After the Amnesty Law at 1928 he returned again to Turkey. He worked at the periodical Resimli Ay. In 1932 he was sentenced again to prison for 4 years, but this time pardoned in 1933 in the General Amnesty of 10th Year of Republic. He worked as a journalist and in the film studios. In 1938 his poems and books was found in the War School and he was condemned to prison for 28 years 4 month. He was prison in Cankiri and Bursa. After a international campaign he was released but he lived under the police control. He escaped again to Moscow. At July, 25 1951 he lost his Turkish citizenship but became a Polish citizen.∼He is considered to be one of the most distinguished Turkish poets. He is defined as a romantic communist and revolutionist by Wikipedia. In Turkey where is his fatherland, he was repeatedly arrested for his political ideas and spent most of his adult life in prison or in exile. Thus he died whilst he had been to Russia as a refugee. Year 2002 was dedicated to him by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
Poet. He studied at the Galatasaray Lycée in Istanbul and attended the Naval War School in Heybeliada. He went to Anatolia to join independence war and worked as a teacher in Bolu. He studied political economy and sociology in Moscow . He joined Communist Party of Turkey. Because of his articles and poems in the periodical Aydinlik he was sentenced to prison for 15 years, but escaped to Moscow. After the Amnesty Law at 1928 he returned again to Turkey. He worked at the periodical Resimli Ay. In 1932 he was sentenced again to prison for 4 years, but this time pardoned in 1933 in the General Amnesty of 10th Year of Republic. He worked as a journalist and in the film studios. In 1938 his poems and books was found in the War School and he was condemned to prison for 28 years 4 month. He was prison in Cankiri and Bursa. After a international campaign he was released but he lived under the police control. He escaped again to Moscow. At July, 25 1951 he lost his Turkish citizenship but became a Polish citizen.∼He is considered to be one of the most distinguished Turkish poets. He is defined as a romantic communist and revolutionist by Wikipedia. In Turkey where is his fatherland, he was repeatedly arrested for his political ideas and spent most of his adult life in prison or in exile. Thus he died whilst he had been to Russia as a refugee. Year 2002 was dedicated to him by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
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