The legacy of the Turkish author and poet of Turkey’s national anthem Mehmet Akif Ersoy lives on in the country, as Turkey commemorates the 82nd anniversary of his death. Akif -- also was an academic ...

Mehmet Akif Ersoy rightfully occupies a unique place in the hearts of millions of Turks as the poet of the national anthem, Istiklal Marsi, or The Independence March. But it is essential to remember ...

The works of Pakistani poet Muhammad Iqbal and Turkish poet Mehmet Akif Ersoy were instrumental in the intellectual revival of the Muslim Ummah and showing them a new direction, said Azad Kashmir ...

Mehmet Akif Ersoy, the revered Turkish poet and the author of the Turkish national anthem, still shines a light for the entire Muslim world 83 years after his demise. Ersoy became one of the most well ...