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Tevfik Fikret
1915Aug, 19

Tevfik Fikret

Tevfik Fikret, Turkish poet and educator (b. 1867)
Tevfik Fikret (Ottoman Turkish: توفیق فكرت) was the pseudonym of Mehmed Tevfik (December 24, 1867 – August 19, 1915), an Ottoman-Turkish educator and poet, who is considered the founder of the modern school of Turkish poetry.

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