Mehmet Emin Yurdakul

Mehmet Emin Yurdakul (13 May 1869 in Istanbul – 14 January 1944 in Istanbul) was a Turkish writer.

Photograph of Mehmet Emin Yurdakul

Biography

He was born in Istanbul, Ottoman Empire on May 13, 1869. His father was Salih Reis, a fisherman, and his mother was Emine Hatun.

He died on January 14, 1944 and is buried at Zincirlikuyu Cemetery in Istanbul, Turkey.

Notable works

• Türkçe Şiirler (Poems in Turkish, 1889)
• Fazilet ve Adalet (Virtue and Justice, 1890)
• Türk Sazı (Turkish Instrument, 1914)
• Ey Türk Uyan (O Turk Wake Up, 1914)
• Tan Sesleri (Voices of the Dawn, 1915)
• 
  Ordunun Destanı (The Legend of the Army, 1915)
• Dicle Önünde (In Front of Tigris, 1916)
• İsyan ve Dua (The Uprising and the Prayers, 1918)
• Zafer Yolunda (On the Way of Victory, 1918)
• Turan'a Doğru (Towards Turan, 1918)
• Aydın Kızları (Girls of Aydın, 1919)
• Türk'ün Hukuku (The Law of Turk, 1919)
• Dante'ye (To Dante, 1928)
• Kıral Corc'a (To King George, 1928)
• Mustafa Kemal (Mustafa Kemal, 1928)
• Ankara (Ankara, 1939)

References

• Biyografi.net - Biography of Mehmet Emin Yurdakul (Turkish)

External links

• Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism: YURDAKUL, Mehmet Emin