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Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel

Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel, Turkish poet, author, and playwright (died 1973)

Born
May 18, 1898
Died
November 8, 1973
Zodiac sign
Taurus
Birth year
1898

About Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel

Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel (18 May 1898 – 8 November 1973) was a leading Turkish poet, author and later politician. He is one of the Five Syllabists. Together with Behçet Kemal Çağlar, he wrote the lyrics of the Tenth Anniversary March. He served as a member of parliament for Istanbul during the 8th, 9th, 10th, and 11th terms of the Turkish Grand National Assembly (TBMM). == 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, was 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. He was among the contributors to the women's magazine Süs between 1923 and 1924.

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The world when Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel was born

Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel was born in 1898. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineSpanish-American War — US gains territories
  • Technology milestoneMarie & Pierre Curie discover radium
  • World population~1.58B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWilliam McKinley
  • U.S. population71.0M

1898 versus 2026

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Measure18982026
Population71.0M341 million

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