Mehmet Emin Yurdakul

Mehmet Emin Yurdakul (13 May 1869 – 14 January 1944) was a Turkish nationalist writer and politician. Being an ideologue of Pan-Turkism, his writings and poems had a major impact on defining the term vatan (Fatherland).[1]

Mehmet Emin Yurdakul
Born(1869-05-13)May 13, 1869
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
DiedJanuary 14, 1944(1944-01-14) (aged 74)
Istanbul, Turkey
NationalityOttoman, Turkish
OccupationPolitician, author

Biography
Painting of Mehmet Emin Yurdakul by Hoca Ali Rıza

He was born in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire during the late Tanzimat period on May 13, 1869. His father was Salih Reis, a fisherman, and his mother was Emine Hatun.

He died on January 14, 1944 and is buried at the Zincirlikuyu Cemetery in Istanbul, Turkey.

Notable works
  • Türkçe Şiirler (Poems in Turkish, 1889)
  • Fazilet ve Adalet (Virtue and Justice, 1890)
  • Türk Sazı (Turkish Instrument, 1914)
  • Ey Türk Uyan (O Turk Wake Up, 1914)
  • Tan Sesleri (Voices of the Dawn, 1915)
  • Ordunun Destanı (The Legend of the Army, 1915)
  • Dicle Önünde (In Front of Tigris, 1916)
  • İsyan ve Dua (The Uprising and the Prayers, 1918)
  • Zafer Yolunda (On the Way of Victory, 1918)
  • Turan'a Doğru (Towards Turan, 1918)
  • Aydın Kızları (Girls of Aydın, 1919)
  • Türk'ün Hukuku (The Law of Turk, 1919)
  • Dante'ye (To Dante, 1928)
  • Kıral Corc'a (To King George, 1928)
  • Mustafa Kemal (Mustafa Kemal, 1928)
  • Ankara (Ankara, 1939)

References
  1. M.Landau, Jacob (1995). Pan-Turkism: From Irredentism to Cooperation. C.Hurst & Co. ISBN 1-85065-223-6.


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