Editing Mehmet Akif Ersoy (section)

{{Short description|Turkish poet, author and teacher (1873–1936)}}
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{{Infobox writer
| name             = Mehmet Akif Ersoy
| image            = Mehmet akif.jpg
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| caption          = Ersoy in the 1930s
| birth_name       = Mehmed Ragîf
| birth_date       = {{birth date|df=yes|1873|12|20}}
| birth_place      = [[Istanbul]], [[Ottoman Empire]]<ref>Finkel, Caroline, ''Osman's Dream'', (Basic Books, 2005), 57; "'''Istanbul was only adopted as the city's official name in 1930..'''".
</ref>
| death_date       = {{death date and age|df=yes|1936|12|27|1873|12|20}}
| death_place      = [[Istanbul]], [[Turkey]]
| occupation       = Poet, author and politician
| nationality      = Turkish
| movement         = The republican era
| notableworks     = ''[[Safahat]]'', ''[[İstiklâl Marşı]]''
| awards           =
| website          =
| influences       =
| signature        = Mehmet Akif Ersoy imzası.png
}}
'''Mehmet Akif Ersoy ''' (20 December 1873 – 27 December 1936) was a [[Turkish people|Turkish]] poet, writer, academic, politician, and the author of the [[İstiklâl Marşı|Turkish National Anthem]]. Widely regarded as one of the premiere literary minds of his time, Ersoy is noted for his command of the Turkish language, as well as his patriotism and role in the [[Turkish War of Independence]].

A framed version of the national anthem by Ersoy typically occupies the wall above the blackboard in the classrooms of every public as well as most private schools around Turkey, along with a Turkish flag, a photograph of the country's founding father [[Atatürk]], and a copy of Atatürk's speech to the nation's youth.