Neyzen Tevfik
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Born | Tevfik Kolaylı March 24, 1879 |
Died | January 28, 1953 | (aged 73)
Nationality | Turkish |
Occupation(s) | Poet, satirist |
Tevfik Kolaylı(March 24, 1879 – January 28, 1953), better known by his pen nameNeyzen Tevfik,was aTurkishpoet, satirist, andneyzen(a "neyperformer "in Turkish). He was born inBodrumand died inIstanbul.His name is occasionally misspelled as Neyzen Teyfik. In addition to his satire books, he is also known as the composer of various taksims and saz semais. He used his satire against tyranny during the Ottoman period and against those who opposed revolutions during the Republic years; He wrote poems against injustice, corruption, and corruption. He was arrested many times but was released after a short time. He belonged to the Bektashi Lodge and spent most of his life in various inns in Istanbul. In his last years, he stayed in the 21st ward reserved for himself at Bakırköy Mental Hospital. He did not have a regular income, other than the monthly pension he received for a short time in the 1930s, and he struggled with epileptic seizures throughout his life. It is also known that he drinks a lot of alcohol, especially Rakı.
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Biography
[edit]Tevfik learnedPersianas a young man, and became aMevleviinİzmir.[1][2]He then moved to Istanbul and continued his Mevlevi practice inGalataandKasımpaşa.In 1902 he became aBektashidervish.
His interest in poetry influenced him into meeting withMehmet Akif Ersoy.As was the case with many other intellectuals of his period, Tevfik's satirical poetry critical of the conservative sultanAbdul Hamid IIresulted in his exile toEgyptin 1903,[3]which he later visited again between 1908 and 1913.
Neyzen Tevfik's fame in popularTurkish cultureis mainly due to his virtuosity with the ney. Moreover, he was also a heavy drinker while practicing a form ofIslamas it was common among Bektashis. He therefore is also a symbol of a clash between the orthodox Islamic doctrine, and theBektashiorder that he was in, as illustrated in the following translation of his writing:
The disbeliever's book has neither beginning nor end. A few pages from its middle is all we ever grasp. For religion's sake and fear of blasphemy we endure woe. Reason cannot perceive where righteousness may go.[4]
His religious views were highly mixed and tend to change in accordance with his mood. Yet, in his last years, he wrote a poem "Türk'e Birinci Öğüt" (First counsel to the Turk) in which a verse, regarding religious institutions mentioned before the verse, says:
"Varsa aslı bunların alemde siksinler beni."
(If any of these are true, well, fuck me.)
Therefore, he can be considered a radical, if not directly atheist or non-theistic.[5]
Yet, in a scholarly article that takes into account his overall life, including final utterings, shows that he was a genuine believer even though he criticized superficial religiosity: "Hayatında kendisine maddî imkânlar sağlayacak kişilere iltifat etmemiş, bildiği ve inandığı gibi yaşamıştır. “Felsefemde yok ötem, ben çünki sırr-ı vâhidim / Cem‘-i kesrette yekûnen sıfr-ı mutlak olmuşum / Yokluğumla âşikârım, Ehl-i beyt’e âidim / Secdemin şeklindeki ism-i Muhammed şâhidim” mısraları ve ölümüne çok yakın bir zamanda kendisini ziyarete gelen Cemalettin Server’e söylediği, “Şahit ol Server, ben şuurlu bir müminim” sözü onun dinî inancı hakkında bir kanaat verir. "[2]
Tevfik is featured in the sculptorGürdal DuyarsmonumentŞairler Sofasıtogether with 6 other poets. Elsewherein the same park,another sculpture of him byNamık Denizhansits on a bench.[6][7]
Poetry
[edit]- Hiç,1919
- Dilara'ya Maktuplar,1953
- "Azab-ı Mukaddes", 1949
Music
[edit]- Nihavent Saz Semaisi
- Şehnazbuselik Saz Semaisi
- Taksimler, taş plak.
References
[edit]- ^"Neyzen Teyfik ( 1879 – 1953 )".Anatolia Intercultural Organization.15 January 2015.Retrieved10 March2024.
- ^abAksoy, Hasan."NEYZEN TEVFİK".TDV İslam Ansiklopedisi(in Turkish).Retrieved10 March2024.
- ^Rogan, Eugene (4 October 2002).Outside In: Marginality in the Modern Middle East.I.B.Tauris. p. 22.ISBN978-1-86064-698-0.
- ^http:// neyzentevfik.org[dead link]
- ^Dinçaslan, M. Bahadırhan."İstanbul'da Bir Bohemyalı Neyzen Tevfik".mbdincaslan(in Turkish).Retrieved10 March2024.
- ^"Ataol Behramoğlu Heykeli Açılış Töreni | BKS".BKS | Beşiktaş Kültür Sanat(in Turkish).Retrieved13 September2022.
- ^Demir, Bülent (28 November 1998)."Akaret ler'de şairler parkı"[A Poets park in Akaretler](PDF).HürriyetIstanbul.Retrieved13 September2022.
External links
[edit]- Biyografi.net -Biography of Neyzen Tevfik(in Turkish)
- mbdincaslan -His Selected Works(in Turkish)
- Ney players
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- Turkish non-fiction writers
- 20th-century Turkish poets
- Turkish satirists
- 20th-century writers from the Ottoman Empire
- Mevlevi Order
- 1953 deaths
- 1879 births
- People from Muğla
- Composers of Ottoman classical music
- Composers of Turkish makam music
- Musicians of Ottoman classical music
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