Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel (18 May 1898 – 8 November 1973) was a leading Turkish poet, author and later politician.

Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel was born in Istanbul, Ottoman Empire, on 18 May 1898.^[1] His mother, Fatma Ruhiye, was the daughter of a merchant named Necati Bey and his father, Süleyman Nazif Bey, who served as a public servant at the Ministry of Forestry.^[1] Faruk Nafiz graduated from Bakırköy Secondary School and Hadika-i Meşveret High School.^[1] Having studied medicine for a while, he quit his education and decided to work in the newspaper Ati.^[2] From 1919 to 1920 he was among the contributors of Büyük Mecmua which was a magazine supporting the Independence War.^[3] He was among the contributors to the women's magazine Süs between 1923 and 1924.^[4]

From 1946 to 1960 Faruk Nafiz was a member of the Turkish Parliament for the Democrat Party.^[1] Following the military coup on 27 May 1960 he was arrested together with other members of the party.^[1] He was imprisoned in Yassıada and was then transferred to Kayseri and was released from the prison without any charge after sixteen months.^[1]

Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel died on board on 8 November 1973 and buried at Zincirlikuyu cemetery on 11 November.^[1]

Poetry

• "Şarkın Sultanları" (1918)
• "Gönülden Gönüle" (1919)
• "Dinle Neyden" (1919)
• "Çoban Çeşmesi" (1926)
• "Suda Halkalar" (1928)
• "Bir Ömür Böyle Geçti" (1933)
• "Elimle Seçtiklerim" (1934)
• "Akarsu" (1936)
• "Tatlı Sert" (Mizahi Şiirler, 1938)
• "Akıncı Türküleri" (1938)
• "Heyecan ve Sükun" (1959)
• "Zindan Duvarları" (1967)
• "Han Duvarları" (1969)

Theatre plays

• "Canavar" (1925)
• "Akın" (1932)
• "Özyurt" (1932)
• "Kahraman" (1933)
• "Yayla Kartalı" (1945)
• "İlk Göz Ağrısı" (1946)

Performances

• "Bir Demette Beş Çiçek" (1933)
• "Yangın" (1933)

Novels

• "Yıldız Yağmuru" (1936)
• "Ayşe'nin Doktoru" (1949)

• List of contemporary Turkish poets
• Öküz Mehmet Pasha Complex