Life and settingMehmet Akif worked as a poet, teacher and public intellectual during the late Ottoman and early republican periods.Source: TDV Encyclopaedia of Islam
Work and legacyHe wrote the İstiklâl Marşı, adopted as Turkey's national anthem. Safahat brings together poetry concerned with faith, society and the responsibilities of public life.Source: TDV Encyclopaedia of Islam
SourcesOriginal concise biography based on the cited references. Historical reports, later devotional traditions and uncertain dates are distinguished where relevant.TDV Encyclopaedia of Islam
