Tevfik Fikret

Tevfik Fikret was the pseudonym of Mehmed Tevfik (December 24, 1867 - August 19, 1915), an Ottoman educator and poet, who is considered the founder of the modern school of Turkish poetry. Mehmed Tevfik was born in Constantinople on December 24, 1867. His father (Hüseyin Efendi), originally from the district of Çerkes in the sanjak of Çankiri, was mostly absent, as he was exiled for being a political foe of the ruling regime; while his mother (Hatice Refia Hanim), a Greek Muslim convert from the island of Chios, died when he was very young.