Information AboutNeyzen Tevfik |
| CATEGORIES ABOUT NEYZEN TEVFIK | |
| turkish poets | |
| turkish flautists | |
| mevlevi order | |
| turkish writers | |
| 1953 deaths | |
| 1879 births | |
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in Turkish). He was born in Bodrum in March 24, 1879, and died in Istanbul in January 28, 1953. He learned Farsi as a young man, and became a Mevlevi in Izmir . He then moved to Istanbul and continued his Mevlevi practice in Galata and Kasımpaşa . In 1902 he became a Bektaşi dervish. His interest in poetry influenced him into meeting with Mehmet Akif Ersoy . He also visited Egypt for sometime between 1908 and 1913. Neyzen Tevfik's fame in the popular Turkish culture is mainly due to his virtuosity with the ney. Moreover, he was also a heavy drinker while practicing a form of Islam, which was very problematic due to the ban on drinking in Islam. He therefore is also a symbol of a clash between the orthodox Islamic doctrine, and the Bektaşi order that he was in. POETRY
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