Mehmet Emin Yurdakul

Mehmet Emin Yurdakul (* 1869 in İstanbul ; † January 14, 1944 there ) was a Turkish poet and one of the protagonists of the "National Poetry" trend.

Life

After graduating from secondary school, Yurdakul worked in the customs administration ( Rüsumat Evrak Müdürlüğü ) from 1892 to 1907 . He was governor of the Hejaz in 1909 , in Sivas in 1910 and in Erzurum in 1911 . Mehmet Emin Yurdakul was a member of the Ottoman Parliament for the Mosul Province. After the founding of the republic in 1923 he was a member of the Karahisar Province, and later the Urfa and Istanbul provinces .

Yurdakul published his first poem Cenge giderken ("On the way to war") in 1897. His poems are characterized by nationalism and simple language. In his poems the author deals with public concerns and socially epic events. The texts often have an instructive language. In 1915 Friedrich Schrader reported in the Vossische Zeitung about the first public reading of the poem “Ai Turk, Ujan!” (Auf Turk, Awake!) In Istanbul.

Yurdakul information was the Freemasonry in Turkey , according to Masonic .

Mehmet Emin Yurdakul is buried in the Zincirlikuyu Cemetery in İstanbul.

Individual evidence

↑ Friedrich Schrader : Up, Turk, Awake! (Ai Türk, Ujan!) In: Vossische Zeitung , No. 553, evening edition; reviewed in: Die Welt des Islams , Vol. 3 (1915), Heft 1, P. 90, ISSN 0043-2539 (about the author's first reading of the poem of the same name by Mehmet Emin (Yurdakul))
↑ Grand Lodge of the Free and Accepted Masons of Turkey: Information on Edhem's membership in the Grand Lodge ( Memento of April 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (Turkish)

personal data
SURNAME	Yurdakul, Mehmet Emin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Turkish poet
DATE OF BIRTH	1869
PLACE OF BIRTH	Istanbul
DATE OF DEATH	January 14, 1944
Place of death	Istanbul

[1] Friedrich Schrader : Up, Turk, Awake! (Ai Türk, Ujan!) In: Vossische Zeitung , No. 553, evening edition; reviewed in: Die Welt des Islams , Vol. 3 (1915), Heft 1, P. 90, ISSN 0043-2539 (about the author's first reading of the poem of the same name by Mehmet Emin (Yurdakul))

[Mason-2] Grand Lodge of the Free and Accepted Masons of Turkey: Information on Edhem's membership in the Grand Lodge ( Memento of April 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (Turkish)