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== Life ==
== Life ==
Turgut Uyar was born in Ankara on 4 August 1927 as the fifth of the six children of Fatma Hanım and Hayri Bey. His father served as a [[squadron leader]] in the army and his mother was a housewife. He studied primary school in different cities of Turkey. Then he went to [[military high school]] in [[Bursa]]. He married Yezdan Şener when he was going to university and he had three children, Semiramis, Tunga and Şeyda, from this marriage. He served as a personnel officer in [[Posof]], [[Terme]] and Ankara. He resigned from office in 1958 and divorced his wife in the early 1960s. After moving to Istanbul, he married [[Tomris Uyar]] in 1969. He died on 22 August 1985.
Turgut Uyar was born in Ankara on 4 August 1927 as the fifth of the six children of Fatma Hanım and Hayri Bey. His father served as a [[squadron leader]] in the army and his mother was a housewife. He studied primary school in different cities of Turkey. Then he went to [[military high school]] in [[Bursa]]. He married Yezdan Şener when he was going to university and he had three children, Semiramis, Tunga and Şeyda, from this marriage. He served as a personnel officer in [[Posof]], [[Terme]] and Ankara. He resigned from office in 1958 and divorced his wife in 1966. After moving to Istanbul, he married [[Tomris Uyar]] in 1969. He died on 22 August 1985 from [[cirrhosis]].


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 16:14, 11 May 2020

Turgut Uyar
Born(1927-08-04)August 4, 1927
DiedAugust 22, 1985(1985-08-22) (aged 58)
Istanbul, Turkey
OccupationPoet
Notable workDünyanın En Güzel Arabistanı
Spouse(s)Yezdan Şener (m. 1947–1966 div.)
(m. 1969)
Children4

Turgut Uyar (August 4, 1927 – August 22, 1985) was a Turkish poet.[1]

Life

Turgut Uyar was born in Ankara on 4 August 1927 as the fifth of the six children of Fatma Hanım and Hayri Bey. His father served as a squadron leader in the army and his mother was a housewife. He studied primary school in different cities of Turkey. Then he went to military high school in Bursa. He married Yezdan Şener when he was going to university and he had three children, Semiramis, Tunga and Şeyda, from this marriage. He served as a personnel officer in Posof, Terme and Ankara. He resigned from office in 1958 and divorced his wife in 1966. After moving to Istanbul, he married Tomris Uyar in 1969. He died on 22 August 1985 from cirrhosis.

References

  1. ^ Halman, Talât Sait (2006). The Turkish Muse: Views & Reviews, 1960s-1990s. Syracuse University Press. ISBN 9780815630685.