Title of article
İSTİKLÂL MARŞI’MIZI ANLAMAK
Author/Authors
ÇETİN, Nurullah Ankara Üniversitesi - Dil ve Tarih-Coğrafya Fakültesi - Türk Dili ve Edebiyatı Bölümü, Turkey
From page
25
To page
92
Abstract
A nationwide competition was held for selecting the national anthem of the new born Turkish Republic after the Turkish war of independence. A total of 724 poems were submitted to this event. The original Turkish National Anthem the 10-verse poem (Istiklal Marsi in Turkish, meaning the ´Independence March’), was written by Mehmet Akif Ersoy and officially adopted on March 12, 1921 by the Turkish Grand National Assembly.
Keywords
Mehmet Akif Ersoy , Istiklal Marsi
Journal title
Journal Of Turkoloji
Journal title
Journal Of Turkoloji
Record number
2660040
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