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Mehmet Akif Ersoy: Poet of Turkish national anthem

The legacy of the Turkish author and poet of Turkey's national anthem Mehmet Akif Ersoy lives on in the country, as Turkey commemorates the 82nd anniversary of his death.

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- His life The Turkish-Albanian poet was born in 1873 during the Ottoman era in Istanbul's Fatih district. His father Mehmet Tahir was an Albanian lecturer in the Fatih Madrasa in Istanbul and his mother Emine Serife was of Turkish-Uzbek origin.