1718:
1706:
38:
396:
He was raised in a family that included many artists and writers. His great-grandfather Macar Hurşid Bey was a composer well versed in both
Turkish and western music, and his grandfather Colonel Hasan Rıfat Bey was interested in poetry.
326:
748:
1754:
865:
319:
1744:
55:
451:
Oktay Rifat started writing poetry as a high school student, and his first poems were published between 1936 and 1944 in the literature journal
312:
377:
Oktay Rifat had a great influence on modern
Turkish poetry, standing outside traditional poetic conventions and creating a new movement.
489:), for which he won the Yeditepe Poetry Prize in 1955. His work rejected older, complex forms, favouring simplicity and fresh rhythms.
1058:
102:
1299:
74:
669:
1970 Ankara ArtLovers
Foundation Best Play of the Year and TRT Art Awards Competition Best Talent Award for his theatre play called
121:
1163:
858:
295:
1349:
745:
81:
300:
290:
1564:
1384:
59:
1469:
88:
1649:
267:
1609:
1424:
1279:
1008:
1769:
851:
272:
204:
1204:
1178:
968:
913:
888:
777:
70:
1579:
1379:
1344:
1419:
48:
1722:
1148:
1554:
1329:
1574:
1504:
1529:
1369:
1224:
838:
401:
244:
1439:
1749:
1644:
1639:
1334:
1229:
1118:
432:
408:
but he did not lose his interest in literature and his passion for writing. In 1937, he was appointed to
1489:
1374:
1309:
1524:
1364:
1128:
228:
1659:
95:
1764:
1759:
1689:
1684:
1429:
1209:
1068:
1043:
722:
436:
405:
1454:
998:
893:
710:
1674:
1534:
1304:
1264:
1173:
1078:
988:
459:
223:
1584:
1434:
1414:
874:
463:
400:
He graduated from Ankara Erkek Lisesi (Ankara
Highschool) in 1932, and while he was a student of
371:
195:
1459:
1324:
1244:
1239:
390:
1624:
1614:
1604:
1549:
1404:
1234:
1153:
1113:
1018:
933:
1669:
1599:
1594:
1494:
1464:
1138:
1038:
1013:
938:
478:
249:
1634:
1399:
1158:
1449:
973:
903:
752:
1539:
1444:
1289:
1053:
1023:
714:
1679:
1664:
1654:
1589:
1569:
1559:
1484:
1354:
1294:
1219:
1183:
1093:
1073:
1033:
960:
923:
918:
435:
in 1961. He retired in 1973, and died in
Istanbul on 18 April 1988. He was interred at
420:, however came back after three years without completing his degree due to outbreak of
359:
347:
258:
161:
516:, first staged in 1948) and translated older works into Turkish from Latin and Greek.
1738:
1710:
1474:
1389:
1339:
1314:
1254:
1249:
1168:
1048:
1028:
993:
218:
440:
1359:
1274:
1269:
1143:
1088:
978:
421:
1499:
1394:
1284:
898:
709:
In 1998 he was honored with monuments in
Istanbul. These include a statue made by
404:
in high school, he wrote his first poems. He completed a
Bachelor of Law from the
1629:
1619:
1544:
1519:
1509:
1479:
1409:
1319:
1214:
1083:
983:
813:
37:
804:
1259:
1188:
1108:
948:
367:
351:
1003:
928:
1063:
452:
17:
1133:
1103:
1098:
428:
179:
943:
908:
386:
157:
1123:
843:
413:
281:
183:
725:
Park in
Istanbul and inaugurated in 1998 with opening of the park.
471:
409:
363:
355:
847:
417:
31:
746::: Republic Of Turkey Ministry Of Culture And Tourism ::
680:
1980 Sedat Simavi
Foundation Award - for poetry in the book
658:
1970 Turkish
Language Institute Poetry Award - for his book
570:(Aşağı Yukarı ve Karga ile Tilki'nin ikinci baskısı,1963)
431:
in 1955, and started to work as a legal adviser for the
839:
Selected poems of Oktay Rifat translated into English
477:
His poems, which use all the richness of his native
385:
Oktay Rifat was born on 10 June 1914 in the city of
1197:
957:
881:
168:
143:
136:
62:. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
713:and as an inclusion in the parks main sculpture,
362:since the late 1930s. He was the founder of the
778:"Ataol Behramoğlu Heykeli Açılış Töreni | BKS"
859:
320:
8:
532:Yaşayıp Ölmek Aşk ve Avarelik Üstüne Şiirler
866:
852:
844:
702:1980 Madaralı Roman Award - for his novel
691:1984 Necatigil Poetry Award- for his book
492:Oktay Rifat also published novels such as
327:
313:
191:
133:
122:Learn how and when to remove this message
741:
739:
737:
528:(with Orhan Veli and Melih Cevdet, 1941)
470:, which formed the first example of the
346:, (10 June 1914 – 18 April 1988) was a
1755:Ankara University Faculty of Law alumni
733:
280:
257:
236:
210:
194:
7:
807:[A Poets park in Akaretler]
721:. Both artworks were erected in the
393:, who was also governor of Trabzon.
60:adding citations to reliable sources
458:In 1941, together with his friends
803:Demir, Bülent (28 November 1998).
25:
652:1954 Yeditepe Poetry Award - for
1717:
1716:
1704:
416:by the State Ministry to do his
36:
1745:Burials at Karacaahmet Cemetery
466:, he published the famous book
47:needs additional citations for
1:
805:"Akaret ler'de şairler parkı"
27:Turkish writer and playwright
782:BKS | Beşiktaş Kültür Sanat
389:, son of poet and linguist
354:, and one of the forefront
1786:
508:), theatre plays such as
1698:
1650:Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu
763:Graham Fawcett (editor),
751:29 September 2007 at the
598:Bir Kadının Penceresinden
494:Bir Kadının Penceresinden
474:, or 'Strange' movement.
1179:Yirmisekiz Mehmed Çelebi
498:Through a Woman’s Window
366:movement, together with
1370:Halide Nusret Zorlutuna
1059:Kınalızâde Hasan Çelebi
1610:Şevket Süreyya Aydemir
1385:Hüseyin Rahmi Gürpınar
1300:Cevat Şakir Kabaağaçlı
1119:Recaizade Mahmud Ekrem
443:district of Istanbul.
433:Turkish State Railways
1575:Sabri Esat Siyavuşgil
1470:Necip Fazıl Kısakürek
1440:Memduh Şevket Esendal
1205:Abdülhak Şinasi Hisar
1164:Tâcîzâde Cafer Çelebi
1149:Prizrenli Suzi Çelebi
969:Abdülhak Hâmid Tarhan
574:Elleri Var Özgürlüğün
71:"Oktay Rıfat Horozcu"
1640:Vasfi Mahir Kocatürk
1580:Sait Faik Abasıyanık
1430:Mehmet Emin Yurdakul
1380:Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil
1350:Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca
1345:Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel
1225:Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar
1069:Mehmet Emin Yurdakul
622:Denize Doğru Konuşma
487:The Crow and the Fox
437:Karacaahmet Cemetery
406:University of Ankara
402:Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar
56:improve this article
1645:Yahya Kemal Beyatlı
1565:Ruşen Eşref Ünaydın
1555:Reşat Nuri Güntekin
1515:Oktay Rıfat Horozcu
1425:Mehmet Fuat Köprülü
1375:Halit Fahri Ozansoy
1335:Ercüment Ekrem Talu
1330:Enis Behiç Koryürek
1280:Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı
1230:Ahmet Muhip Dıranas
1174:Yahya bey Dukagjini
686:Smoking a Cigarette
138:Oktay Rıfat Horozcu
1770:20th-century poets
1505:Orhan Hançerlioğlu
1435:Melih Cevdet Anday
1415:Kenan Hulusi Koray
1365:Halide Edib Adıvar
1129:Samipaşazade Sezai
914:Hacı Bektaş-ı Veli
889:Aşık Mahzuni Şerif
875:Turkish literature
464:Melih Cevdet Anday
342:, better known as
1732:
1731:
1711:Turkey portal
1605:Suut Kemal Yetkin
1550:Refik Halit Karay
1530:Orhan Şaik Gökyay
1525:Orhan Seyfi Orhon
1235:Ahmet Kutsi Tecer
1019:Fatma Aliye Topuz
693:Dilsiz ve Çıplak'
510:Kadınlar Arasında
337:
336:
190:
189:
132:
131:
124:
106:
16:(Redirected from
1777:
1720:
1719:
1709:
1708:
1707:
1675:Yusuf Ziya Ortaç
1660:Yaşar Nabi Nayır
1535:Orhan Veli Kanık
1490:Nihal Yeğinobalı
1310:Ece Ayhan Çağlar
1265:Behçet Necatigil
1039:Imadaddin Nasimi
1009:Cenâb Şehâbeddîn
989:Ali Canip Yöntem
939:Pir Sultan Abdal
868:
861:
854:
845:
827:
826:
824:
822:
810:
800:
794:
793:
791:
789:
774:
768:
761:
755:
743:
682:Bir Cigara İçimi
671:Yağmur Sıkıntısı
628:Dilsiz ve Çıplak
604:Bir Cıgara İçimi
479:Turkish language
460:Orhan Veli Kanık
329:
322:
315:
192:
175:
153:
151:
134:
127:
120:
116:
113:
107:
105:
64:
40:
32:
21:
1785:
1784:
1780:
1779:
1778:
1776:
1775:
1774:
1735:
1734:
1733:
1728:
1705:
1703:
1694:
1685:Ziya Osman Saba
1450:Murathan Mungan
1193:
974:Ahdi of Baghdad
959:
953:
904:Erzurumlu Emrah
877:
872:
835:
830:
820:
818:
808:
802:
801:
797:
787:
785:
776:
775:
771:
767:(1990), p. 142.
765:New Anvil Poets
762:
758:
753:Wayback Machine
744:
735:
731:
654:Karga ile Tilki
649:
592:Çobanıl Şiirler
550:Karga ile Tilki
522:
483:Karga ile Tilki
449:
383:
340:Ali Oktay Rifat
333:
245:Folk literature
197:
186:
177:
173:
164:
155:
149:
147:
139:
128:
117:
111:
108:
65:
63:
53:
41:
28:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
1783:
1781:
1773:
1772:
1767:
1762:
1757:
1752:
1747:
1737:
1736:
1730:
1729:
1727:
1726:
1714:
1699:
1696:
1695:
1693:
1692:
1690:Zülfü Livaneli
1687:
1682:
1677:
1672:
1667:
1662:
1657:
1652:
1647:
1642:
1637:
1632:
1627:
1625:Turgut Özakman
1622:
1617:
1612:
1607:
1602:
1597:
1592:
1590:Samiha Ayverdi
1587:
1582:
1577:
1572:
1570:Sabahattin Ali
1567:
1562:
1557:
1552:
1547:
1542:
1537:
1532:
1527:
1522:
1517:
1512:
1507:
1502:
1497:
1492:
1487:
1482:
1477:
1472:
1467:
1462:
1457:
1455:N. Abbas Sayar
1452:
1447:
1442:
1437:
1432:
1427:
1422:
1420:Küçük İskender
1417:
1412:
1407:
1405:Kemal Bilbaşar
1402:
1397:
1392:
1387:
1382:
1377:
1372:
1367:
1362:
1357:
1352:
1347:
1342:
1337:
1332:
1327:
1322:
1317:
1312:
1307:
1302:
1297:
1292:
1287:
1282:
1277:
1272:
1267:
1262:
1257:
1252:
1247:
1242:
1237:
1232:
1227:
1222:
1217:
1212:
1210:Adalet Ağaoğlu
1207:
1201:
1199:
1198:Republican era
1195:
1194:
1192:
1191:
1186:
1181:
1176:
1171:
1166:
1161:
1156:
1154:Süleyman Nazif
1151:
1146:
1141:
1139:Şemsettin Sami
1136:
1131:
1126:
1121:
1116:
1114:Ömer Seyfettin
1111:
1106:
1101:
1096:
1091:
1086:
1081:
1076:
1074:Mercimek Ahmed
1071:
1066:
1061:
1056:
1051:
1046:
1044:İbrahim Şinasi
1041:
1036:
1034:Habib Esfahani
1031:
1026:
1021:
1016:
1011:
1006:
1001:
996:
991:
986:
981:
976:
971:
965:
963:
955:
954:
952:
951:
946:
941:
936:
931:
926:
924:Kaygusuz Abdal
921:
916:
911:
906:
901:
896:
891:
885:
883:
879:
878:
873:
871:
870:
863:
856:
848:
842:
841:
834:
833:External links
831:
829:
828:
795:
769:
756:
732:
730:
727:
723:Şairler Sofası
719:Şairler Sofası
711:Namık Denizhan
707:
706:
700:
697:Mute and Naked
689:
678:
675:Oppressive Air
667:
656:
648:
645:
644:
643:
640:Bütün Şiirleri
637:
631:
625:
619:
613:
607:
601:
595:
589:
583:
577:
571:
565:
562:Âşık Merdiveni
559:
556:Perçemli Sokak
553:
547:
541:
535:
529:
521:
518:
448:
445:
382:
379:
360:Turkish poetry
335:
334:
332:
331:
324:
317:
309:
306:
305:
304:
303:
298:
293:
285:
284:
282:Republican era
278:
277:
276:
275:
270:
262:
261:
255:
254:
253:
252:
247:
239:
238:
237:Folk tradition
234:
233:
232:
231:
226:
221:
213:
212:
211:Epic tradition
208:
207:
201:
200:
188:
187:
178:
176:(aged 73)
170:
166:
165:
162:Ottoman Empire
156:
145:
141:
140:
137:
130:
129:
44:
42:
35:
26:
24:
14:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1782:
1771:
1768:
1766:
1763:
1761:
1758:
1756:
1753:
1751:
1750:Turkish poets
1748:
1746:
1743:
1742:
1740:
1725:
1724:
1715:
1713:
1712:
1701:
1700:
1697:
1691:
1688:
1686:
1683:
1681:
1678:
1676:
1673:
1671:
1670:Yusuf Atılgan
1668:
1666:
1663:
1661:
1658:
1656:
1653:
1651:
1648:
1646:
1643:
1641:
1638:
1636:
1633:
1631:
1628:
1626:
1623:
1621:
1618:
1616:
1613:
1611:
1608:
1606:
1603:
1601:
1600:Sezai Karakoç
1598:
1596:
1595:Samim Kocagöz
1593:
1591:
1588:
1586:
1583:
1581:
1578:
1576:
1573:
1571:
1568:
1566:
1563:
1561:
1558:
1556:
1553:
1551:
1548:
1546:
1543:
1541:
1538:
1536:
1533:
1531:
1528:
1526:
1523:
1521:
1518:
1516:
1513:
1511:
1508:
1506:
1503:
1501:
1498:
1496:
1495:Nurullah Ataç
1493:
1491:
1488:
1486:
1483:
1481:
1478:
1476:
1475:Neyzen Tevfik
1473:
1471:
1468:
1466:
1465:Necati Cumalı
1463:
1461:
1458:
1456:
1453:
1451:
1448:
1446:
1443:
1441:
1438:
1436:
1433:
1431:
1428:
1426:
1423:
1421:
1418:
1416:
1413:
1411:
1408:
1406:
1403:
1401:
1398:
1396:
1393:
1391:
1388:
1386:
1383:
1381:
1378:
1376:
1373:
1371:
1368:
1366:
1363:
1361:
1358:
1356:
1353:
1351:
1348:
1346:
1343:
1341:
1340:Fakir Baykurt
1338:
1336:
1333:
1331:
1328:
1326:
1323:
1321:
1318:
1316:
1315:Edip Cansever
1313:
1311:
1308:
1306:
1305:Cevdet Kudret
1303:
1301:
1298:
1296:
1293:
1291:
1288:
1286:
1283:
1281:
1278:
1276:
1273:
1271:
1268:
1266:
1263:
1261:
1258:
1256:
1253:
1251:
1248:
1246:
1243:
1241:
1238:
1236:
1233:
1231:
1228:
1226:
1223:
1221:
1218:
1216:
1213:
1211:
1208:
1206:
1203:
1202:
1200:
1196:
1190:
1187:
1185:
1182:
1180:
1177:
1175:
1172:
1170:
1169:Tevfik Fikret
1167:
1165:
1162:
1160:
1157:
1155:
1152:
1150:
1147:
1145:
1142:
1140:
1137:
1135:
1132:
1130:
1127:
1125:
1122:
1120:
1117:
1115:
1112:
1110:
1107:
1105:
1102:
1100:
1097:
1095:
1092:
1090:
1087:
1085:
1082:
1080:
1077:
1075:
1072:
1070:
1067:
1065:
1062:
1060:
1057:
1055:
1052:
1050:
1047:
1045:
1042:
1040:
1037:
1035:
1032:
1030:
1027:
1025:
1022:
1020:
1017:
1015:
1014:Evliya Çelebi
1012:
1010:
1007:
1005:
1002:
1000:
997:
995:
992:
990:
987:
985:
982:
980:
977:
975:
972:
970:
967:
966:
964:
962:
958:Medieval and
956:
950:
947:
945:
942:
940:
937:
935:
932:
930:
927:
925:
922:
920:
917:
915:
912:
910:
907:
905:
902:
900:
897:
895:
892:
890:
887:
886:
884:
880:
876:
869:
864:
862:
857:
855:
850:
849:
846:
840:
837:
836:
832:
817:
815:
806:
799:
796:
783:
779:
773:
770:
766:
760:
757:
754:
750:
747:
742:
740:
738:
734:
728:
726:
724:
720:
716:
715:Gürdal Duyars
712:
705:
701:
698:
694:
690:
687:
683:
679:
676:
672:
668:
665:
661:
657:
655:
651:
650:
646:
641:
638:
635:
632:
629:
626:
623:
620:
617:
614:
611:
608:
605:
602:
599:
596:
593:
590:
587:
584:
581:
578:
575:
572:
569:
566:
563:
560:
557:
554:
551:
548:
545:
542:
539:
536:
533:
530:
527:
524:
523:
519:
517:
515:
511:
507:
503:
499:
495:
490:
488:
484:
480:
475:
473:
469:
465:
461:
456:
455:(Existence).
454:
446:
444:
442:
438:
434:
430:
425:
423:
419:
415:
411:
407:
403:
398:
394:
392:
388:
380:
378:
375:
373:
369:
365:
361:
357:
353:
349:
345:
341:
330:
325:
323:
318:
316:
311:
310:
308:
307:
302:
299:
297:
294:
292:
289:
288:
287:
286:
283:
279:
274:
271:
269:
266:
265:
264:
263:
260:
256:
251:
248:
246:
243:
242:
241:
240:
235:
230:
227:
225:
222:
220:
217:
216:
215:
214:
209:
206:
203:
202:
199:
193:
185:
181:
172:18 April 1988
171:
167:
163:
159:
146:
142:
135:
126:
123:
115:
104:
101:
97:
94:
90:
87:
83:
80:
76:
73: –
72:
68:
67:Find sources:
61:
57:
51:
50:
45:This article
43:
39:
34:
33:
30:
19:
1721:
1702:
1585:Salah Birsel
1540:Özdemir Asaf
1514:
1460:Nâzım Hikmet
1445:Murat Gülsoy
1360:Haldun Taner
1325:Emine Işınsu
1290:Cemal Süreya
1275:Buket Uzuner
1270:Bilge Karasu
1245:Attilâ İlhan
1240:Aslı Erdoğan
1144:Sultan Veled
1089:Muallim Naci
1054:Katib Çelebi
1024:Fitnat Hanım
979:Ahmet Mithat
821:13 September
819:. Retrieved
812:
798:
788:13 September
786:. Retrieved
784:(in Turkish)
781:
772:
764:
759:
718:
708:
703:
696:
692:
685:
681:
674:
670:
663:
659:
653:
639:
634:Koca Bir Yaz
633:
627:
621:
615:
609:
603:
597:
591:
586:Yeni Şiirler
585:
579:
573:
567:
561:
555:
549:
544:Aşağı Yukarı
543:
537:
531:
525:
520:Bibliography
513:
509:
505:
501:
497:
493:
491:
486:
482:
476:
467:
457:
450:
427:He moved to
426:
422:World War II
399:
395:
384:
376:
372:Melih Cevdet
343:
339:
338:
291:Contemporary
174:(1988-04-18)
154:10 June 1914
118:
109:
99:
92:
85:
78:
66:
54:Please help
49:verification
46:
29:
1765:1988 deaths
1760:1914 births
1680:Ziya Gökalp
1665:Yılmaz Onay
1655:Yaşar Kemal
1630:Turgut Uyar
1620:Tomris Uyar
1615:Tarık Buğra
1560:Rıfat Ilgaz
1545:Peyami Safa
1520:Orhan Pamuk
1510:Orhan Kemal
1485:Nihal Atsız
1480:Nezihe Araz
1410:Kemal Tahir
1355:Güven Turan
1320:Elif Shafak
1295:Cemil Meriç
1220:Ahmet Haşim
1215:Ahmet Altan
1184:Zafer Hanım
1094:Namık Kemal
1084:Mihri Hatun
999:Aşık Çelebi
984:Ahmet Rasim
934:Neşet Ertaş
919:Karacaoğlan
894:Âşık Veysel
514:Among Women
391:Samih Rifat
350:writer and
344:Oktay Rifat
259:Ottoman era
224:Dede Korkut
205:By category
112:August 2008
18:Oktay Rifat
1739:Categories
1635:Ülkü Tamer
1400:İsmet Özel
1390:İlhan Berk
1260:Aziz Nesin
1255:Ayşe Kulin
1250:Ayfer Tunç
1189:Ziya Pasha
1159:Şeyh Gâlib
1049:İsa Necati
994:Ali Çelebi
949:Yunus Emre
729:References
481:, include
381:Early life
368:Orhan Veli
358:of modern
352:playwright
198:literature
150:1914-06-10
82:newspapers
1500:Oğuz Atay
1395:İnci Aral
1285:Can Yücel
929:Nasreddin
899:Dadaloğlu
704:Danaburnu
616:Danaburnu
538:Güzelleme
506:Calf Nose
502:Danaburnu
1723:Category
1134:Sehi Bey
816:Istanbul
814:Hürriyet
749:Archived
429:Istanbul
250:Folklore
180:Istanbul
1109:Nergisî
961:Ottoman
944:Seyrani
909:Gevheri
660:Şiirler
580:Şiirler
441:Üsküdar
387:Trabzon
348:Turkish
229:Köroğlu
196:Turkish
158:Trabzon
96:scholar
1124:Riyazi
1079:Mesihi
1064:Latifî
1029:Fuzuli
647:Awards
642:(1991)
636:(1987)
630:(1984)
624:(1982)
618:(1980)
612:(1980)
610:Elifli
606:(1979)
600:(1976)
594:(1976)
588:(1973)
582:(1969)
576:(1966)
568:İkilik
564:(1958)
558:(1956)
552:(1954)
546:(1952)
540:(1945)
534:(1945)
500:) and
453:Varlık
447:Career
414:France
296:Poetry
268:Poetry
184:Turkey
98:
91:
84:
77:
69:
1104:Nef'i
1099:Nedîm
809:(PDF)
664:Poems
526:Garip
472:Garip
468:Garip
410:Paris
364:Garip
356:poets
301:Prose
273:Prose
219:Orhon
103:JSTOR
89:books
1004:Bâkî
882:Folk
823:2022
790:2022
462:and
370:and
169:Died
144:Born
75:news
439:in
418:PhD
58:by
1741::
811:.
780:.
736:^
717:'
424:.
412:,
374:.
182:,
160:,
867:e
860:t
853:v
825:.
792:.
699:)
695:(
688:)
684:(
677:)
673:(
666:)
662:(
512:(
504:(
496:(
485:(
328:e
321:t
314:v
152:)
148:(
125:)
119:(
114:)
110:(
100:·
93:·
86:·
79:·
52:.
20:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
