Guzelyurt (Omorfo/Morphou), North Cyprus
North Cyprus  
 


   
LITERARY PERSONALITIES OF LEFKE 
   
HARID FEDAI 
   He was born in Lefke in 1930. After he finished Cyprus Islamic High School, and after he continued with his further education in Turkey. He worked in Cyprus radio broad casting cooperation and he has written some books and poems.
   
URKIYE MINE BALMAN
  She was born in 1927 in Lefke. After she finished Victoria high school she went to a college where she graduated in 1946. She taught as a teacher up until 1985 in the elementary school. Some of her poems have been puplished in the newspapers called Halkinsesi, Bozkurt and Soz, Kibris.
   
NECLA SALIH SUPHI
  She was born in 1926 in Nicosia and she graduated from the Victoria teaching college after serving as a teacher for a short period of time she started to work in the high school where she was graduated from, she taught on music and hand crafts.
   
NAZIM BERATLI 
  Beratli, born in 1952 in Lefke, is a medical doctor, journalist, author and an established researcher and authority on Turkish-Cypriot history.
 
CUMHUR DELICEIRMAK 
  Turkish-Cypriot sculptor, painter and poet. Born in Lefke in 1951, he studied at Lefkosa Erkek Lisesi, and Istanbul Academy of Fine Arts, where he majored in ceramics and painting.
   
A POEM ON LEFKE
 
 
LEFKE

Bir kasaba vardir Kibris'in kuzeyinde,
Limana yakin bir yerde bir guzellik verir.
Portakal bahceleri ile memlekete,
Hele olsun bir gece sen de orda olmalisin.
Gelir uzaktan liman sesleri,
Cinlatir Lefkenin dort bir yerini.
Etrafi cevrilmistir daglar ile.
Iki dere gecer ayirir Lefke'yi ikiye.
Gel gor arkades bir Lefke'yi.
Seveceksin istemeyerek.
Bagliyacak seni o guzel bahcelerine,
Turuncu olur o mevsim.
portokallar olunca ,
Guler sanki Lefkenin Yuzu.
Sarilir yerli capaya hemen.
"capalayim" der " seneye,
olur belki daha guzel"
Biraz yuru git kuzeye.
Goreceksin duyacaksin orada,
Bir makine sesi cikar
Bir duman burur her tarafi.
Fakat kokuyu yok eder,
Guzel cam agaclari.
Burasi Lefke'nin en islek yeri,
Burasi Lefke'nin madeni.
 
   
   
   
     

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