Behçet Necatigil
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Behçet Necatigil, Turkish poet, teacher and translator who is often considered to be one of the most important poets of modern Turkish poetry. His paternal family originated from Kastamonu, a city in
Behçet Necatigil sculpture by Namık Denizhan in Şairler Sofası Park
Turkish literature
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Turkish literature comprises oral compositions and written texts in the Turkish language. The Ottoman form of Turkish, which forms the basis of much of the written corpus, was highly influenced by Per
An aşık performing in Anatolia, from an 18th-century Western engraving
An Ottoman garden party, with poet, guest, and cup-bearer; from the 16th-century Dîvân-ı Bâkî
A page from Nava'i's diwan. From the library of Suleiman the Magnificent.
Fuzûlî (1483?–1556), a Divan poet of Azerbaijani origin