Bekir Sıtkı Erdoğan

Bekir Sıtkı Erdoğan (1926 – August 24, 2014) was a Turkish poet and songwriter.

He graduated in 1948 from a military college and served as a regimental officer. Later he graduated from the Faculty of Linguistics, History and Geography and taught literature at the Turkish Naval High School, the German Deutsche Schule and Marmara College.

Career
Erdoğan has written folk poetry in syllabic metric and aruz. He used Turkish lyrics in a number of songs. His Ruba'ic poems were published by Hisar.

He wrote the lyrics for the 50th anniversary of the Turkish Republic; "Cumhuriyetin 50. Yıl Marşı". The musical was organized by Necil Kazım Akses.

Music lyrics

 * Kara gözlüm efkarlanma gül gayri (1963)
 * Ve Ben Yalnız (1968, Music by Selmi Andak)
 * Hancı (1977, Music by Gaston Rolland; Arrangement by Paul Mauriat - Toccata)