Editing Mehmet Akif Ersoy (section)

==Legacy==
Mehmet Akif Ersoy is an important national figure in the history of modern Turkey and has left an immortal trace in its history. During the republican period, Mehmet Akif Ersoy taught history and literature at various universities. Ersoy agreed to translate the Quran into the Turkish language for the [[Directorate of Religious Affairs]], but eventually didn't deliver his version.<ref name=":0" /> He was worried the Kemalists would further separate Islam from the Arabic language, after they had imposed a Turkish [[Adhan|call to prayer]] instead of the one in Arabic.<ref name=":0" /> A university in Burdur was named after him. Ersoy's portrait was depicted on the [[Obverse and reverse|reverse]] of the Turkish 100 [[Turkish lira|lira]] banknotes of 1983&ndash;1989.<ref>[http://www.tcmb.gov.tr/yeni/eng/ Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090615060512/http://www.tcmb.gov.tr/yeni/eng/ |date=15 June 2009 }}. Banknote Museum: 7. Emission Group - One Hundred Turkish Lira - [http://www.tcmb.gov.tr/yeni/banknote/E7/256.htm I. Series] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090603080558/http://www.tcmb.gov.tr/yeni/banknote/E7/256.htm |date=3 June 2009 }} & [http://www.tcmb.gov.tr/yeni/banknote/E7/258.htm II. Series] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090603083227/http://www.tcmb.gov.tr/yeni/banknote/E7/258.htm |date=3 June 2009 }}. – Retrieved 20 April 2009.</ref>