suspended of service at the Embassy in London and forced to return home. Only after his promise not to write anymore, he was allowed to return his post in London. He made his second marriage with a British woman Nelly. After two service years in The Hague in the Netherlands, he was appointed back to London. Abdulhak Hâmid returned to Turkey in 1900 due to illness of his wife. In 1906, he was sent to the Embassy in Brussels, Belgium. In 1908, he became a member of the Turkish Senate. He lost his wife Nelly in 1911, and made later his third marriage with the Belgian Lucienne. Abdulhak Hâmid had to return to Turkey after his deposing by the cabinet during the Balkan Wars. He spent a short time in Vienna, Austria after World War I and returned home with the proclamation of the Turkish Republic in 1923. He continued on in politics and was elected into the Grand National Assembly as deputy of Istanbul in 1928, a post he kept until his death. Abdulhak Hâmid Tarhan died on April 12, 1937, and was laid to rest in the Zincirlikuyu Cemetery in Istanbul, with a national funeral. Works He was influenced by Tanzimat and also Namık Kemal, and in general, French writing. The loss of his wife was a key point in his life as he wrote and dedicated many pieces involving her, such as Makber. He leaves behind a legacy of western influences on the evolving Turkish literature scene and was considered one of the greatest Turkish romantics. Poetry Sahra (The Desert, 1879) Makber (The Grave, 1885) Ölü (The Corpse, 1885) Hacle (1886) Bunlar Odur (These are Her, 1885) Divaneliklerim Yahut Belde (My Madness or the Town, 1885) Bir Sefirenin Hasbihali (Chat With an Ambassadress, 1886) Bala'dan Bir Ses (A Voice from Bala, 1912) Validem (My Mother, 1913) İlham-ı Vatan (Inspiration of the Motherland, 1916) Tayflar Geçidi (The Parade of Spectrums, 1917) Ruhlar (The Spirits, 1922) Garam (My Passion, 1923). Plays Macera-yı Aşk (Love Affair, prose, 1873; in verse, 1910) Sabr-u Sebat (Perseverance in Patience, 1875, staged at İstanbul City Theatres in 1961) İçli Kız (The Oversensitive Girl, 1875) Duhter-i Hindu (The Girl of India, 1876) Nazife (Nazife, 1876, together with Abdüllahü's-Sağir, 1917) Nesteren (Dog Rose, 1878) Tarık Yahut Endülüs'ün Fethi (Tarık Or The Conquest Of Spain, 1879, simplified by Sadi Irmak and Behçet Kemal Çağlar, staged at İstanbul