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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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- National anthem Upon a special request by the then-Education Minister Hamdullah Suphi Bey, the poet penned the Istiklal Marsi (Independence March). In the march, Ersoy immortalized his nation's battle for survival, in the wake of World War I, crowning its national liberation in 1921 during the Turkish War of Independence against foreign occupation.