Mümtaz Soysal (born 1929 in Zonguldak, Turkey) is a Turkish politician. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey in 1994. He was a member of the Social Democratic People's Party (SHP). He is the founder and the leader of the Turkish Independent Republican Party (BCP) since 2004. He married Sevgi Soysal.

In 1974, he became the first former prisoner of conscience to serve on the International Executive Committee of Amnesty International.^[1]

References[link]

1. ^ "The History of Amnesty International". Amnesty International. 2011. http://www.amnesty.org/en/who-we-are/history. Retrieved 22 January 2012. 

• Who is Who database - Biography of Prof. Dr. Mümtaz Soysal (Turkish)
• Biyografi.net - Biography of Mümtaz Soysal (Turkish)

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Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan (born 12 September 1965 in Ankara) is a Turkish film, television and theatre actor and director.

Biography[link]

Taylan graduated in theatre from Hacettepe University State Conservatory. Between 1989 and 1993, he worked at the Diyarbakır State Theatre. In 1993 and 1994, he worked with Roberto Ciulli at the Theatre an Der Ruhr in Germany. Taylan has since worked in many theatrical projects with Yücel Erten.^[1] He became General Secretary of the Devlet Tiyatroları Sanatçıları Derneği or DETİS (State Theatre Artists' Association) and served in the position until he resigned in 2006. In 2002, he won the İsmet Küntay award for Best Director for the play Misafir sahneleyişi.^[2]

Filmography[link]

• Yaşamak Bu Değil (1981)
• Gazino Bülbülü (1985)
• Çifte Vakkas (1993)
• İstanbul Kanatlarımın Altında (1996)
• Yılan Hikayesi (1999)
• Baba (1999)
• Barbunya Nuri (2000)
• Zeybek Ateşi (2002)
• Kumsaldaki İzler (2002)
• Baba (2003)
• Kurşun Yarası (2003)
• Okul (2003)
• İnşaat (2003)
• Yazı Tura (2003)
• Çaylak (2003)
• Kayıp Aşklar (2004)
• Anlat İstanbul (2004)
• Sahra (2004)
• Hırsız Var! (2004)
• Arapsaçı (2004)
• Galatasaray - Depor (2005)
• Çapkın (2005)
• Cenneti Beklerken (2005)
• Şaşkın (2005)
• Sen Ne Dilersen (2005)
• Kınalı Kuzular: Nişanlıya Verilen Söz (2006)
• Emret Komutanım: Şah Mat (2006)
• Daha Neler (2006)
• Eve Dönüş (2006)
• Ezo Gelin (2006)
• Made in Europe (2007)
• Bayrampaşa: Ben Fazla Kalmayacağım (2007)
• Hayat Apartmanı (2007)
• Zeynep'in Sekiz Günü (2007)
• Başımın Belası (2007)
• Geçerken Uğradım (2007)
• Mavi Gözlü Dev (2007)
• Kars Hikayeleri (2008)
• Anında Görüntü Show (2008)
• Kadri'nin Götürdüğü Yere Git (2009)
• Gölgesizler (2008)
• Son Bahar (2008)
• Kaptan Feza (2009)
• Sonsuz (2009)
• Adını Sen Koy (2009)
• Ejder Kapanı (2010)
• Saklı Hayatlar (2010)
• Ateşe Yürümek (2010)
• Ben Hatice (2011)
• Leyla ile Mecnun (2011)
• Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da (2011)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan at the Internet Movie Database
• Official website

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Behçet Necatigil (b. April 16, 1916 – December 13, 1979) was a leading Turkish author, poet and translator.

Biography[link]

Behçet was born in Istanbul, Ottoman Empire, in 1916. He graduated from the Teachers' High School (Turkish: İstanbul Yüksek Öğretmen Okulu) in Istanbul in 1940, and served as a teacher of literature until the year 1972. His first poem was published in "Varlık" journal during his high school years in 1935. From then on, he continued to write poetry for over 40 years. Behçet is also well-known for his radio dramas.

Necatigil Poetry Award[link]

To commemorate his life, an annual poetry award was instituted in 1980. It was given on the date of Necatigil's death (13th of December) until 1993, but is now given at the date of his birth which is the 16th of April.www.necatigil.com.

Bibliography[link]

Poetry

• "Kapalıçarşı" (1945)
• "Çevre" (1951)
• "Evler" (1953)
• "Eski Toprak" (1956)
• "Arada" (1958)
• "Dar Çağ" (1960)
• "Yaz Dönemi" (1963)
• "Divançe" (1965)
• "İki Başına Yürümek" (1968)
• "En/Cam" (1970)
• "Zebra" (1973)
• "Kareler Aklar" (1975)
• "Beyler" (1978)
• "Söyleriz" (1980)

See also[link]

• List of contemporary Turkish poets

References[link]

• Biyografi.info - Biography of Behçet Necatigil (Turkish)
• Biyografi.net - Biography of Behçet Necatigil (Turkish)

External links[link]

• Behçet Necatigil's official website

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