Neyzen Tevfik, Turkish philosopher and poet (born 1879)

Neyzen Tevfik

Turkish poet and satirist

Tevfik Kolaylı, better known by his pen name Neyzen Tevfik, was a Turkish poet, satirist, and neyzen. Tevfik was born in Bodrum and died in Istanbul. In addition to his satire, he composed taksims and saz semais. He used satire against tyranny during the Ottoman period and…