Ngubani u-Ahmed Arif?
Igama langempela lika-Ahmed Arif ngu-Ahmed Önal, owazalelwa eDiyarbakır ngo-Ephreli 21, 1927. Uvula amehlo akhe emhlabeni njengothunjana ezinganeni zakubo eziyisishiyagalombili. Ulahlekelwa ngunina esemncane. Lowo omkhulisile ngu-Arife Hanım, ongomunye unkosikazi kayise u-Arif Hikmet. Ngenxa yomsebenzi kayise esemncane, ubesemadolobheni amaningi futhi unethuba lokufunda isiko nolimi lwezindawo aye kuzo. Abantu ayebabona nendlela yokuphila yanezela okuningi kuye.
Ufunda esikoleni samabanga aphansi eSiverek futhi uqeda isikole ngo-1939. Uya e-Urfa ukuze afunde esikoleni esiphakeme. Lapha ehlala nodadewabo. Esikoleni ayefunda kuso e-Urfa, wayenothisha owayehlale efundela abafundi bakhe izinkondlo. Ngalezi zinkondlo ezishiwo uthisha wakhe, u-Ahmed Arif uthola intshisekelo yakhe ezinkondlweni futhi ngaleyo ndlela uqala ukubhala izinkondlo zakhe zokuqala. Ngaso leso sikhathi, uthumela ezinye zezinkondlo zakhe kumagazini obizwa nge-Yeni Mecmua, oqhubeka nempilo yawo yokushicilela e-Istanbul. Ngemva kokuqeda impilo yakhe yasesikoleni esiphakeme, kwase kuyisikhathi semfundo yasesikoleni esiphakeme. Uya e-Afyon ukuyofunda esikoleni esiphakeme.
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Uyise, u-Arif Hikmet Bey, owayecabanga ukuthi kungaba ngcono kuye, wayefuna afunde lapha. U-Ahmed Arif unethuba lokufunda ababhali abaningi bakwamanye amazwe ngesikhathi semfundo yakhe lapha. Ucebisa umhlaba wezincwadi ngala magama aphesheya asanda kuwafunda. Nokho, lokhu akwanele ku-Ahmed Arif. Ubuye wengeze imisebenzi yababhali nezimbongi ezibalulekile ze-Turkish Literature empilweni yakhe futhi ngaleyo ndlela azinikeze umbono omusha sha phakathi nesikhathi sakhe sesikole esiphakeme. Ngemva kokuphothula esikoleni esiphakeme, uya e-Uşak futhi uqala ukuhlala lapha nomfowabo omdala. Kamuva uyise uthatha umhlalaphansi.
Ngenxa yalesi simo, wonke umndeni ubuyela eDiyarbakır. U-Ahmed Arif ube eseya ebuthweni futhi abuye ngo-1947 esethweswe iziqu. Impilo yasenyuvesi iqala ngawo lowo nyaka. Uwina i-Faculty of Language, Incazelo kanye neJografi yase-Ankara University. Lapha uqala ukufunda ifilosofi.
Ngo-1967 washada no-Aynur Hanım, owayeyintatheli. Kudlula unyaka ngemuva komshado wakhe, futhi ekupheleni kwalesi sikhathi, incwadi yokuqala nezinkondlo kuphela ka-Ahmed Arif ishicilelwa ngaphansi kwegama likaHasretinden Shackles Eskittim. Kule ncwadi, imbongi ihlanganise izinkondlo esezibhale isikhathi eside. Incwadi bese ishicilelwa okwesibili ngomunye umshicileli.