Hamdullah Suphi Tanrıöver
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Hamdullah Suphi Tanrıöver (1885 – 10 June 1966) was a highly influential
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poet, intellectual, diplomat and politician. He adopted his surname Tanrıöver after the Turkish
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was enacted in 1934.


Life

He was born to Abdüllatif Suphi Pasha, an Ottoman statesman in
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in 1885. He studied at
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graduating in 1904. He later served as a translator, and a teacher for
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after earning a certificate. In Darülfünün, later renamed to
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, he was appointed professor of
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. During the
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era, he was elected to the parliament, and also served as a government minister. He married Ayşe Saide, who, according to some sources, was a descendant of two former Anatolian beys (
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and
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). Tanrıöver died on 10 June 1966. He was interred at
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in Istanbul.


Poet and orator

During his childhood, his father's mansion was a meeting point of famous poets, and he was influenced by the poet community during his early years. He published his first poems in a literary newspaper published by his uncle in Paris, France. He began writing in ''
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'' (literally: "The Young Pens"), a literary periodical. He also distinguished himself as an orator.


Politics

He took part in a committee, which was tasked to reflect the ordeal of the Turkish population in the Balkans after the
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(1912–1913). During the
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(1919–1923), he took side with
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(Atatürk), and became a member of the
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. He was appointed Director of the Press and Information. Then, he served as the
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from 13 December 1920 to 20 November 1921 in the
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,
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and the
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. After the proclamation of the Republic, he served again as the Minister of National Education in
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between 3 March 1925 and 21 December 1925. In 1931, he was appointed ambassador of Turkey to Romania in
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. In 1943, he entered in the parliament from the
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. In 1950, he joined the newly founded Democrat Party. Several years later, however, following the struggle for the "Right to Prove" in press, he co-founded the Liberty Party. He lost his seat when his political party was defeated in the 1957 general election.


Books

His books are:Turkish language and literature page
/ref> *1909 ''Namık Kemal Bey Magosa'da'' (Documentary about "
Namık Kemal Namık Kemal (, ; ; 21 December 1840 – 2 December 1888) was an Ottoman writer, poet, democrat, intellectual, reformer, journalist, playwright, and political activist who was influential in the formation of the Young Ottomans and their stru ...
in Famagusta") *1928 ''Günebakan'' (essays) *1931 ''Dağyolu'' (orations) *1946 ''Anadolu Milli Mücadelesi'' (Anatolian National struggle)


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