At a glance
- Roles
- Poet · writer
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Modern Era
- Region
- Anatolia
- Review
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Life in time
Place in the story
- PoetTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Mehmet Akif Ersoy, son of Tahir, a Turkish poet and man of letters. He was born in Istanbul in 1873 CE and died in 1936 CE. 1
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Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Mehmet Akif Ersoy”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/mehmet-akif-ersoy/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.