Cahit Külebi

Cahit Külebi, Turkish poet and author (died 1997)

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Born: December 20, 1917
Died: June 20, 1997
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius
Birth year: 1917

About Cahit Külebi

Cahit Külebi (20 December 1917, in Tokat – 20 June 1997, in Ankara) was a leading Turkish poet and author. He has an important place in contemporary Turkish poetry due to his attachment to folk poetry traditions. His poetry is enriched with simple yet ironic language, embellished with original descriptions. While he was studying at a teacher's school, he started using the pseudonym Külebi for the first time in these years, as he thought that Principal Fuat Köprülü would be angry with him for writing poems. His family took the surname Erencan after passing the surname law, and the poet later registered his pseudonym Külebi.

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The world when Cahit Külebi was born

Cahit Külebi was born in 1917. 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.

Culture in 1917

Best-selling book"Mr. Britling Sees It Through" – H.G. Wells

Headlines and milestones

Major sports momentProfessional sports curtailed as America enters World War I
Top headlineUS enters World War I
Technology milestoneFirst practical military use of sonar
World population~1.77B

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderWoodrow Wilson
U.S. population100.8M

1917 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Cahit Külebi's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure	1917	2026
Gas	$0.25	$3.45/gal
Population	100.8M	341 million

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