Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel (18 May 1898 – 8 November 1973) was a leading Turkish poet, author and later politician. Biography Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel was born in Istanbul, Ottoman Empire, on 18 May 1898. His mother, Fatma Ruhiye, was the daughter of a merchant named Necati Bey and his father, Süleyman Nazif Bey, who served as a public servant at the Ministry of Forestry. Faruk Nafiz graduated from Bakırköy Secondary School and Hadika-i Meşveret High School. Having studied medicine for a while, he quit his education and decided to work in the newspaper Ati. From 1919 to 1920 he was among the contributors of Büyük Mecmua which was a magazine supporting the Independence War. From 1946 to 1960 Faruk Nafiz was a member of the Turkish Parliament for the Democrat Party. Following the military coup on 27 May 1960 he was arrested together with other members of the party. He was imprisoned in Yassıada and was then transferred to Kayseri and was released from the prison without any charge after sixteen months. Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel died on board on 8 November 1973 and buried at Zincirlikuyu cemetery on 11 November. Bibliography Poetry "Şarkın Sultanları" (1918) "Gönülden Gönüle" (1919) "Dinle Neyden" (1919) "Çoban Çeşmesi" (1926) "Suda Halkalar" (1928) "Bir Ömür Böyle Geçti" (1933) "Elimle Seçtiklerim" (1934) "Akarsu" (1936) "Tatlı Sert" (Mizahi Şiirler, 1938) "Akıncı Türküleri" (1938) "Heyecan ve Sükun" (1959) "Zindan Duvarları" (1967) "Han Duvarları" (1969) Theatre plays "Canavar" (1925) "Akın" (1932) "Özyurt" (1932) "Kahraman" (1933) "Yayla Kartalı" (1945) "İlk Göz Ağrısı" (1946) Performances "Bir Demette Beş Çiçek" (1933) "Yangın" (1933) Novels "Yıldız Yağmuru" (1936) "Ayşe'nin Doktoru" (1949) See also List of contemporary Turkish poets Öküz Mehmet Pasha Complex References External links Biyografi.info - Biography of Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel Aruz.com - Biography of Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel 20th-century Turkish politicians 20th-century poets 1898 births 1973 deaths Akbaba (periodical) people Burials at Zincirlikuyu Cemetery Deputies of Istanbul 19th-century people from the Ottoman Empire Turkish poets Democrat Party (Turkey, 1946–1961) politicians