indirectly about his homosexual tendencies, such as Love Zeki Muren (Turkish homosexual singer), Oh, tender son, The soul loves soul, There is nothing beyond this or a poem named Hello!, my dear. Legacy The Mayıs Publishing created an award in honor of Arkadaş Z. Özger in 1996. The award is given annually on his death anniversary to a selected literary work of Turkish literature. Winners of "Arkadaş Z. Özger Poetry Award" 1996 Gazanfer Eryüksel - Yücelay Sal 1997 Zeynep Köylü - Hüseyin Peker 1998 Serap Erdoğan - Hüseyin Köse 1999 Kuvvet Yurdakul 2000 Sadık Yaşar 2001 Mehmet Kâzım - Bâki Asiltürk 2002 Bir Şiiri İnceleme by Bahtiyar Kaymak 2003 Nesrin Kültür Kiraz 2004 Ertuğrul Deveci 2005 Cuma Duymaz - Sinan Oruçoğlu 2006 Hayriye Ersöz 2007 Ersun Çıplak 2008 Bir Şiiri İnceleme by Halil İbrahim Özbay 2009 Nurullah Kuzu 2010 Gökhan Arslan 2011 Hayati Çitaklar 2012 Murat Acar 2013 Turgut Uyar’ın ‘Geyikli Gece’ Şiiri Üzerine Bir İnceleme by Şerif Mehmet Uğurlu On 5 May 2010, a "Poet Arkadaş Z. Özger Meeting" was organized in Ankara during the 5th "International Meeting Against Homophobia" for the first time. References 1948 births People from Bursa Ankara University Faculty of Political Sciences alumni Turkish poets 1973 deaths 20th-century poets