Bekir Sıtkı Erdoğan

Bekir Sıtkı Erdoğan
Born 1926
Karaman, Turkey
Genres Ottoman classical music, Turkish makam music
Occupation(s) composer, lyrics author

Bekir Sıtkı Erdoğan (born in Karaman, Turkey 1926 - August 24, 2014) was a Turkish poet and songwriter.[1]

He graduated in 1948 from a military college and served as a regimental officer. Later he graduated from the Faculty of Linguistics, History and Geography and taught literature at the Turkish Naval High School, the German Deutsche Schule and Marmara College.[2]

Career

Erdoğan has written folk poetry in syllabic metric and aruz. He used Turkish lyrics in a number of songs. His Ruba'ic poems were published by Hisar.

He wrote the lyrics for the 50th anniversary of the Turkish Republic; "Cumhuriyetin 50. Yıl Marşı". The musical was organized by Necil Kazım Akses.[3]

Bibliography

Music lyrics

See also

References


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