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Poet Nazım Hikmet remembered on 119th birthday

Poet Nazım Hikmet remembered on 119th birthday

Born 119 years ago today, Nazım Hikmet spent most of his life behind bars or in exile.

15 January 2021

57th Anniversary of the Death of Nazım Hikmet, Turkey's 'Poet of Hope'

57th Anniversary of the Death of Nazım Hikmet, Turkey's 'Poet of Hope'

Spending most of his life behind bars or in exile and being stripped of citizenship, Nazım Hikmet died in Moscow in 1963.

Caricatures of Nazım Hikmet Exhibition Opens in Moscow

Caricatures of Nazım Hikmet Exhibition Opens in Moscow

Organized in Russia’s capital city of Moscow for the last 25 years to commemorate the late poet, Nazım Hikmet events have started with the opening of Caricatures of Nazım Hikmet exhibition in the 56th year of poet's death.

‘Artists Who Don’t Support the Government are Punished in Different Ways’

BAN ON ‘LETTERS TO TARANTA-BABU’ THEATER PLAY

‘Artists Who Don’t Support the Government are Punished in Different Ways’

Amasya Municipality has imposed a de facto ban on the staging of “Letters to Taranta-Babu” theater play by Nâzım Hikmet on the ground that it was ‘political.’ Actor Cansu Fırıncı has spoken to bianet about the prevention of the municipality.

10 May 2019 Pınar Tarcan

AKP Mayor Draws Criticism After Comments on Public Figures

AKP Mayor Draws Criticism After Comments on Public Figures

Bursa Metropolitan Mayor and the ruling AKP's candidate for March 31 local elections Alinur Aktaş has come under criticism after his comments on the late public figures Nazım Hikmet, Uğur Mumcu, Türkan Saylan and Bahriye Üçok.

Play ‘At The Table of the Sun - Nâzım and Brecht’ Banned Within State of Emergency Now Free

Play ‘At The Table of the Sun - Nâzım and Brecht’ Banned Within State of Emergency Now Free

The play, “At the Table of the Sun - Nâzım and Brecht,” performed by Genco Erkal and Tülay Günal, which had been banned for security reasons within the State of Emergency, will now continue to be performed.

Ban on Play ‘At The Table of the Sun - Nâzım and Brecht’ Within State of Emergency

Ban on Play ‘At The Table of the Sun - Nâzım and Brecht’ Within State of Emergency

The play, “At the Table of the Sun - Nâzım and Brecht,” performed by Genco Erkal and Tülay Günal, has been banned for security reasons within the State of Emergency.

Turkey Rehabilitates Poet Nazim Hikmet

Turkey Rehabilitates Poet Nazim Hikmet

Turkey’s Islamic rooted AKP government moves a decree to rehabilitate communist poet Nazim Hikmet who was stripped of citizenship after having fled the country in 1950.

Unpublished Nazim Hikmet Poem Found

A previously unpublished poem by Nazim Hikmet was discovered in his wife's collection and published by the Sözcükler magazine.

28 December 2007