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Sedat Simavi Literature Award
The Sedat Simavi Literature Prize is a Turkish literary award presented annually. It was established in 1977 by Sedat Simavi Foundation, in memory of author and journalist, Sedat Simavi. The prize is given also in nine different areas in sport, TV, radio, reporting, healthy, science, social sciences and visual arts. Award winners *2021 Orhan Pamuk *2020 Beşir Ayvazoğlu *2019 Hidayet Sayın *2018 Kamuran Şipal *2017 Cevat Çapan *2016 Haluk Oral *2015 Nilüfer Kuyaş *2014 Murat Gülsoy *2013 Hasan Ali Toptaş *2012 Ahmet Cemal *2011 Burhan Sönmez *2010 Adnan Binyazar *2009 Cemil Kavukçu *2008 Arif Damar *2007 Ahmet Oktay *2006 Tarık Dursun K. *2005 Latife Tekin *2004 Demir Özlü *2003 Selim İleri *2002 Tomris Uyar *2001 Erdal Öz *2000 Jale Parla *1999 Tahsin Yücel *1998 *1997 Fakir Baykurt, Feyza Hepçilingirler *1996 Orhan Duru *1995 Nermi Uygur, Minâ Urgan *1994 Bilge Karasu *1993 Oktay Akbal, Vüs'at O. Bener *1992 Mehmet Fuat, Gülten Akın *1991 Cevdet Ku ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkish Literature
Turkish literature ( tr, Türk edebiyatı) comprises oral compositions and written texts in Turkic languages. The Ottoman and Azerbaijani forms of Turkish, which forms the basis of much of the written corpus, were highly influenced by Persian and Arabic literature,Bertold Spuler''Persian Historiography & Geography''Pustaka Nasional Pte Ltd p 69 and used the Ottoman Turkish alphabet. The history of the broader Turkic literature spans a period of nearly 1,300 years. The oldest extant records of written Turkic are the Orhon inscriptions, found in the Orhon River valley in central Mongolia and dating to the 7th century. Subsequent to this period, between the 9th and 11th centuries, there arose among the nomadic Turkic peoples of Central Asia a tradition of oral epics, such as the ''Book of Dede Korkut'' of the Oghuz Turks— ancestors of the modern Turkish people—and the Manas epic of the Kyrgyz people. Beginning with the victory of the Seljuks at the Battle of Manzikert in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarık Dursun K
Tariq ( ar, طارق) is an Arabic word and given name. Etymology The word is derived from the Arabic verb , ('), meaning "to strike", and into the agentive conjugated doer form , ('), meaning "striker". It became popular as a name after Tariq ibn Ziyad, a Muslim military leader who conquered Iberia in the Battle of Guadalete in 711 AD. In literature and placenames Ṭariq is used in classical Arabic to refer to a visitor at night (a visitor "strikes" the house door). Due to the heat of travel in the Arabian Peninsula, visitors would generally arrive at night. The use of the word appears in several places including the Quran, where ṭāriq is used to refer to the brilliant star at night, because it comes out visiting at night, and this is the common understanding of the word nowadays due to the Qur'an. It can also be found in many poems. For example, from the famous poets Imru' al-Qais and Jarir ibn Atiyah. Gibraltar is the Spanish derivation of the Arabic name Jabal Aṭ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bilge Karasu
Bilge Karasu (9 January 1930 – 13 July 1995), was a Turkish short story writer and novelist. Biography Bilge Karasu was born in 1930, in Istanbul. Bilge Karasu's parents, who later converted to Islam, were of Jewish origin, although he does not have any kinship with Emanuel Karasu, an Ottoman politician of Jewish origin. He studied at Şişli Terakki High School and at Istanbul University, Faculty of Literature, Department of Philosophy. He published articles on art criticism in the ''Forum'' magazine between 1954 and 1959. In 1963, he returned from Europe, where he had studied on a Rockefeller scholarship. In 1964, he started to work as a translator at the General Directorate of Press, Broadcasting, and Tourism and in the foreign broadcasting service of Ankara Radio. Karasu wrote radio plays for Ankara Radioı. He worked as a lecturer at Hacettepe University's Philosophy Department from 1974 until his death. He lived in a small basement on Nilgün Street in Ankara fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mina Urgan
Mina Urgan (14 May 1916 – 15 June 2000) was a Turkish academic, translator, author and socialist politician. Early life Mina Urgan was born to poet Tahsin Nahit and his wife Şefika in İstanbul on 14 May 1916. To another source, she was born on 1 May 1915. Her father died as she was three years old, and her mother made a second marriage with Falih Rıfkı Atay, a renowned journalist and writer. As the Surname Law was enacted in Turkey in 1934, her stepfather's close friend, the renowned author Necip Fazıl Kısakürek, suggested her the family name ''Urgan'' (literally "rope"), ironically stating that "it would match her because the socialist-minded young girl would be hanged one day anyway". She was schooled in Lycée Notre Dame de Sion Istanbul, and finished the high school in the Arnavutköy Girls' College ( Robert College). She was inspired by her stepfather Atay and enjoyed to be in his circle of people of letters and artists. She was one of the first female skiers and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orhan Duru
Orhan Ghazi ( ota, اورخان غازی; tr, Orhan Gazi, also spelled Orkhan, 1281 – March 1362) was the second bey of the Ottoman Beylik from 1323/4 to 1362. He was born in Söğüt, as the son of Osman I. In the early stages of his reign, Orhan focused his energies on conquering most of northwestern Anatolia. The majority of these areas were under Byzantine rule and he won his first battle at Pelekanon against the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos III Palaiologos. Orhan also occupied the lands of the Karasids of Balıkesir and the Ahis of Ankara. A series of civil wars surrounding the ascension of the nine-year-old Byzantine emperor John V Palaiologos greatly benefited Orhan. In the Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347, the regent John VI Kantakouzenos married his daughter Theodora to Orhan and employed Ottoman warriors against the rival forces of the empress dowager, allowing them to loot Thrace. In the Byzantine civil war of 1352–1357, Kantakouzenos used Ottoman force ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fakir Baykurt
Fakir Baykurt or born Tahir Baykurt (15 June 1929 – 11 October 1999) was a Turkish author and trade unionist. Early life Fakir Baykurt was born Tahir on 15 June 1929, son of Elif and Veli Baykurt, in Akçaköy which is a district of Burdur, Turkey. His birth date is not known accurately however he pointed out that he was born in middle of June, 1929 by his mothers memoirs. His family gave him name of his uncle Tahir who died in battle. Tahir enrolled at Akçaköy Primary School in 1936 and lost his father just two years later. After his father's death, Tahir moved to Burhaniye, Bursa by aid of his uncle Osman Erdoğuş in purpose of earning money by textile works. During World War II, his uncle Osman joined Turkish army and that event helps Tahir to continue his education freely. 1942 was a year Tahir began to writing poems when he was deeply malaria ill. After graduation from primary school, he enrolled at a village institute in Gönen, Isparta. During his institute days h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tahsin Yücel
Tahsin Yücel (17 August 1933 – 22 January 2016) was a Turkish translator, novelist, essayist and literary critic. Born in Elbistan, Yücel studied at the Istanbul University , image = Istanbul_University_logo.svg , image_size = 200px , latin_name = Universitas Istanbulensis , motto = tr, Tarihten Geleceğe Bilim Köprüsü , mottoeng = Science Bridge from Past to the Future , established = 1453 1846 1933 ..., graduating in French philology. After completing his postgraduate studies, in 1978 he became professor in the same university. In addition to being author of essays, novels and short stories, Yücel was mainly active as a translator of about 70 novels from French into Turkish. References 1933 births 2016 deaths People from Elbistan Turkish translators Turkish essayists Turkish male writers Male essayists Turkish novelists Istanbul University alumni Academic staff of Istanbul University 20th-century translators {{Turkey-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jale Parla
Jale may refer to: * Jale (name), a given name and surname * Jale (Vidhan Sabha constituency), Bihar, India * Jale (band), a Canadian alternative rock band. * a fictional color from the 1920 novel ''A Voyage to Arcturus'' by David Lindsay See also * * Jael, biblical figure * Jaleh (other) * Jales (other) * Jail (other) {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erdal Öz
Erdal may refer to: Given name * Erdal Akdarı, Turkish footballer * Erdal Arıkan, Turkish professor in Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department at Bilkent University * Erdal Beşikçioğlu, Turkish actor * Erdal Bibo, Turkish professional basketball player * Erdal Çelik, Turkish-German footballer * Erdal Ceylanoğlu, retired Turkish general * Erdal Erzincan, Turkish folk music musician, composer, and singer * Erdal Gezik, contemporary writer on Alevis and honor crimes in Turkey * Erdal İnönü, Turkish theoretical physicist and politician * Erdal Karamercan, the Chief Executive Officer and President of Eczacıbaşı Holding * Erdal Keser, Turkish footballer * Erdal Kılıçaslan, Turkish-German footballer * Erdal Kızılçay, multi-instrumental (bass guitar, oud) musician of Turkish birth * Erdal Merdan, German dramatist, actor, and stage director of Turkish origin * Erdal Özyağcılar, Turkish actor * Erdal Pekdemir, Turkish footballer who plays for Orduspor * Erda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomris Uyar
Tomris Uyar (15 March 1941 – 4 July 2003) was a Turkish writer and translator. She was born in Istanbul, the daughter of two lawyers and granddaughter of Republican People's Party politician Süleyman Sırrı Gedik. She was educated at the British Girls' Secondary School and at Arnavutköy American Girls' College, now called Robert College (1961). She graduated from the Journalism Institute affiliated to the Faculty of Economics of Istanbul University (1963). The grave of the author, who died in 2003 due to esophageal cancer, is in Zincirlikuyu Mezarlığı. Life and career Uyar, who is one of the founders of Papirüs magazine together with Cemal Süreya and Ülkü Tamer, has published her essays, criticisms and book introductions in magazines such as Yeni Dergi, Varlık, Varlık. She won the Sait Faik Story Award in 1979 with Yürekte Bukağı and in 1986 with Journey to Summer from her ten short story collections. Uyar's diaries, of which more than 60 translations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
