Çamlıbel, Faruk Nafiz - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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de Bruijn, Petra
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Faruk Nafiz (Fārūq Nāfidh) Çamlıbel (1898-1973), a Turkish nationalist, poet, and playwright, was born in Istanbul (his father, Süleyman Nafiz, was a civil servant). He abandoned his medical studies to turn to writing and teaching, and from 1922 to 1946 he taught Turkish literature at several high schools in Kayseri, Ankara, and Istanbul. He became a deputy in parliament for the Democratic Party (Demokrat Parti, DP) in 1946, and continued to serve in this position until 1960. After the military intervention of 1960, he was imprisoned together with other