Tevfik Fikret

Tevfik Fikret
Born
Mehmed Tevfik

(1867-12-24)December 24, 1867
DiedAugust 19, 1915(1915-08-19) (aged 47)
Resting placeAşiyan Asri Cemetery
NationalityOttoman
Alma materGalatasaray High School
Occupation(s)Educator, poet
Known forFounder of the modern school of Turkish poetry
SpouseNazime (married 1890)
ChildrenHaluk (1895–1965)
Parent(s)Hüseyin Efendi (father), Hatice Refia Hanım (mother)

Tevfik Fikret (Ottoman Turkish: توفیق فكرت) was the pseudonym of Mehmed Tevfik (December 24, 1867 – August 19, 1915), an Ottoman educator and poet,[1] who is considered the founder of the modern school of Turkish poetry.[2]

  1. ^ Charles Kurzman, Democracy Denied, 1905-1915: Intellectuals and the Fate of Democracy, Harvard University Press, 2008, ISBN 978-0-674-03092-3, p. 246.
  2. ^ "Tevfik Fikret", The New Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 11, Encyclopædia Britannica, 1994, ISBN 978-0-85229-591-5, p. 662.