Bekir Sıtkı Erdoğan (1926 – August 24,ıtkıErdoğ 2014) was a Turkish poet and songwriter.

He graduated in 1948 from a military college and served as a regimental officer. Later he graduated from the Faculty of Linguistics, History and Geography and taught literature at the Turkish Naval High School, the German Deutsche Schule and Marmara College.

Bekir Sıtkı Erdoğan

Career

Erdoğan has written folk poetry in syllabic metric and aruz. He used Turkish lyrics in a number of songs. His Ruba'ic poems were published by Hisar.

Bekir Sıtkı Erdoğan

He wrote the lyrics for the 50th anniversary of the Turkish Republic; "Cumhuriyetin 50. Yıl Marşı". The musical was organized by Necil Kazım Akses.

Bekir Sıtkı Erdoğan

Bibliography

Bir Yağmur Başladı (1949-1957) Dostlar Başına (1965) Kışlada Bahar (1970) Binbirinci Gece

Music lyrics

Kara gözlüm efkarlanma gül gayri (1963) Ve Ben Yalnız (1968, Music by Selmi Andak) Hancı (1977, Music by Gaston Rolland; Arrangement by Paul Mauriat - Toccata)

See also

List of composers of classical Turkish music

References

Composers of Ottoman classical music

Composers of Turkish makam music

1926 births

2014 deaths