Bekir Büyükarkın | |
Birth Date: | 1921 |
Birth Place: | Constantinople, Turkey |
Death Date: | 7 August 1998 |
Death Place: | Istanbul, Turkey |
Genre: | Ottoman classical music Turkish makam music |
Occupation: | Lyrics author |
Bekir Büyükarkın (1921 – 7 August 1998) was a Turkish poet, novelist and playwright. He graduated from Istanbul Vefa High School in 1939 and from the Istanbul University School of Economics and Administrative Sciences in 1942.
Büyükarkın worked at Türk Ticaret Bankası as a freelance accountant. Known for his novels and plays, he also wrote two unpublished poetry books. His play, Dökmeci, won the competition for stage plays organized by CHP in 1947.