Poet Sabahattin Yalkın passes away

Sabahattin Yalkın, a significant figure in Turkish literature, has died at the age of 92. The poet had been experiencing various health issues.

Yalkın was born in Hatay-Antakya in 1934. He completed his primary and secondary education there and pursued higher education at Istanbul Technical University's Faculty of Electrical Engineering. His interest in poetry began during his high school years.

His early works were published in local newspapers. Later, his poems appeared in magazines such as Yelken, Yeditepe, Türk Dili, Dost, and İmece, sometimes under the surname Topaloğlu. Yalkın first collected his poems in a volume titled "Akdeniz Delisi" in 1988.

Throughout his prolific career, he published several poetry books, including "Güney Güneşi (Hatay Şiirleri)" and "Bütün Yüzlerim Anadolu" in 1992, "Aşkdeniz" in 1994, "Çocuk Deliceleri" in 1995 (which won first prize in the Children's Poetry category at the Çankaya Municipality and Damar Magazine awards in 1994), "Beni Yasaklama" in 1996, and "Sabahı Düşünmek" in 1998. He continued to produce work thereafter.

Sabahattin Yalkın will be laid to rest tomorrow after the midday prayer at Karacaahmet Cemetery in Üsküdar, Istanbul.