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Süleyman Ârif Emre (July 1, 1923, Adıyaman – July 21, 2019 Istanbul), was a Turkish politician and poet.

He completed his high school education at Ankara Gazi High School. He graduated from the Ankara University Faculty of Law in 1944. He worked as a freelance lawyer, Ankara Tax Office, Presidency of Religious Affairs, and served as a deputy for Adıyaman in the 13th term and Istanbul in the 15th, 16th, 20th, and 21st terms, as well as state minister. He was the founding chairman of the National Salvation Party, and a founding member of the National Order Party. He was married and a father of four.

Süleyman Ârif Emre, who witnessed the last fifty years of Turkish political life, started his political career in the Liberty Party in 1956 and continued in the New Turkey Party in 1961; he mainly contributed to laying the foundations of the National Vision Movement. After the coup of September 12, 1980, he was arrested and tried by the Mamak Martial Law Court but was acquitted. He prepared the program for the National Order Party led by Erbakan, founded and chaired the National Salvation Party after the former was closed, and later served in the management of the Welfare Party, Virtue Party, and Felicity Party, serving as a deputy for five terms. He documented his memories in the book Thirty-Five Years in Politics and collected all his poems in the book The Song of Waters. Another book of his is The Vital Features of Prayer.

His daily writings were published in the Millî Gazete. Turkish politician Süleyman Ârif Emre died on July 21, 2019, in Istanbul at the age of 96.

Works

…unfortunately, for some reason; my esteemed friend became a lawyer, a politician, but left his poetry to the last. Whereas he was first and foremost a good poet. He had that talent.

• Love's Love, Hikmet Publications, 2005
• The Song of Waters, Akabe Publications, Konya, ISBN 978-975-65-6206-2
• The Vital Features of Prayer, 2012, Konya, ISBN 978-975-60-2130-9
• Thirty-Five Years in Politics, 3 volumes, 2015,
• Administrative Judiciary Practical Workbook, 2013, ISBN 978-975-02-2348-8

Awards

• 2017 Necmettin Erbakan Awards, Honorary Award

References

1. "Coup Research Commission Record" (PDF). tbmm.gov.tr. TBMM. June 26, 2012. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 19, 2021. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
2. "Who is Süleyman Arif Emre?". milligazete.com. Milli Gazete. July 21, 2019. Archived from the original on July 22, 2019. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
3. "TBMM Album". tbmm.gov.tr. Archived from the original on June 22, 2020. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
4. "Altınoluk Dergisi Arşiv". Archived from the original on March 8, 2016. Retrieved January 13, 2015.
5. https://www.okuyucu.com/kitap/namazin-hayati-ozellikleri-150615
6. "Former State Minister Süleyman Arif Emre passed away! Who is Süleyman Arif Emre?". sabah.com.tr. July 21, 2019. Archived from the original on July 22, 2019. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
7. "Generations Grew Up with Süleyman Arif Emre's Poems". dunyabizim.com. January 11, 2017. Archived from the original on July 22, 2019. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
8. "Erbakan awards found their owners". Sözcü. Archived from the original on April 5, 2017. Retrieved April 5, 2017.

• 1923 births
• 20th-century Turkish lawyers
• 20th-century Turkish poets
• 2019 deaths
• 21st-century Turkish lawyers
• 21st-century Turkish poets
• 21st-century Turkish politicians
• Ankara University Faculty of Law alumni
• Virtue Party politicians
• Burials at Karacaahmet Cemetery
• Welfare Party politicians
• Felicity Party politicians
• Members of the 13th Parliament of Turkey
• Members of the 15th Parliament of Turkey
• Members of the 16th Parliament of Turkey
• Members of the 20th Parliament of Turkey
• Members of the 21st Parliament of Turkey
• New Turkey Party (1961) politicians