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Turgut Uyar (August 4, 1927 – August 22, 1985) was a Turkish poet.[1]
Turgut Uyar | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 4, 1927 |
| Died | August 22, 1985 (aged 58) Istanbul, Turkey |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Notable work | Dünyanın En Güzel Arabistanı |
| Spouses | |
| Children | 4 |
Life
editTurgut Uyar was born in Ankara on 4 August 1927 as the fifth of the six children of Fatma Hanım and Hayri Bey. His father served as a squadron leader in the army and his mother was a housewife. He studied primary school in different cities of Turkey. Then he went to military high school in Bursa. He married Yezdan Şener when he was going to university and he had three children, Semiramis, Tunga and Şeyda, from this marriage. He served as a personnel officer in Posof, Terme and Ankara. He published articles in the Forum magazine in the 1950s.[2] He resigned from office in 1958 and divorced his wife in 1966. After moving to Istanbul, he married Tomris Uyar in 1969. He died on 22 August 1985 from cirrhosis.
References
edit- ^ Halman, Talât Sait (2006). The Turkish Muse: Views & Reviews, 1960s-1990s. Syracuse University Press. ISBN 9780815630685.
- ^ Bora Gürdaş (2020). "Bilge Karasu'nun Forum dergisinde yayımlanan sanat yazıları (1954-1959)". Rumelide Dil ve Edebiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi (in Turkish) (20): 296–309. doi:10.29000/rumelide.791646.