Í. Hakki Atun
	Poet and professor of microbiology. Atun was born in 1916 in Ergazi, Famagusta, and finished respectively Cyprus Turkish Lycée, and Ankara Veterinary Faculty. He later specialised in Bacteriology, and became the professor of Microbiology at the Ankara University Medical School. Between 1940-58 he worked at the Central Veterinary Institute, and later became the Head of the Institute.  Between 1958-62, Atun returned to Cyprus and worked at the Veterinary Department. Later he worked at Baghdad University Veterinary Faculty, Hacettepe University, and Sivas Cumhuriyet University. In 1982 he became the Rector of the Van Yüzüncü Yil University. After this post he returned permanently to his native Cyprus, where he worked first at the Eastern Mediterranean University, and currently is a consultant professor at the Near East University, Nicosia. Atun has written many poems, most of which have been collectively published in 1985 under the title -Bagbozumu-. Atun regards poems as -record of the feelings in time- and as such his works show great diversity in theme. Two of his works are given below:
	Tanriya Seslenis Elinde kalemin çizgiler çizersin, Elinde firçan renk renk boyarsin, Arkasindan can verirsin, ruh verirsin, Melekler yaratirsin, huriler yaratirsin.   Uzaktan Uzaga Dargin miyiz artik mahsere dek, Ak bulutlarin nem mi kapti güzelimiz, Yüce daglardan kopup gelen rüzgârlardan, Engin denizlerden esen meltemlerden, Üzücü anlamlar mi çikardi güzelimiz, Yorgun ellerim saçlarinin hasretini çekiyorsa Gözlerim hep gül yüzünü ariyorsa Yüzünü boynunu koklamak istiyorsam Basimi gögsünde dinlendirmek istiyorsam Öpüyorsam seni hep rüyalarimda Darilman gerek mi bana Bu kadar uzaktan uzaga
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