Ahmed Arif ndiani?
Akazvarwa muDiyarbakır muna Kubvumbi 21, 1927, Ahmed Arif zita chairo ndiAhmed Önal. Anovhura maziso ake kunyika segotwe pavana vasere. Akafirwa naamai vake achiri mudiki. Iye akamurera ndiArife Hanım, mumwe mudzimai wababa vake, Arif Hikmet Bey. Nekuda kwebasa rababa vake achiri mudiki, ari mumaguta mazhinji nekudaro ane mukana wekudzidza tsika nemutauro wenzvimbo dzaanoenda. Vanhu vaakaona uye mararamiro avaiita zvakawedzera zvakawanda kwaari.
Anopinda chikoro chepuraimari kuSiverek uye anopedza chikoro muna 1939. Anoenda kuUrfa kunodzidza sekondari. Apa anogara nehanzvadzi yake. Pachikoro chaakapinda muUrfa, aiva nomudzidzisi aigara achiverengera vadzidzi vake nhetembo. Nenhetembo idzi dzakadzokororwa nemudzidzisi wake, Ahmed Arif anoona kufarira kwake nhetembo nekudaro anotanga kunyora nhetembo dzake dzekutanga. Panguva imwecheteyo, anotumira dzimwe nhetembo dzake kumagazini inonzi Yeni Mecmua, inoenderera mberi nehupenyu hwayo hwekudhindwa muIstanbul. Mushure mekupedza hupenyu hwake hwesecondary, yaive nguva yechikoro chesekondari. Anoenda kuAfyon kunodzidza chikoro chesekondari.
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Baba vake, Arif Hikmet Bey, avo vakafunga kuti zvaizova nani kwaari, vaida kuti adzidze kuno. Ahmed Arif ane mukana wekuverenga vanyori vakawanda vekunze panguva yehupenyu hwake hwedzidzo pano. Anopfumisa nyika yezvinyorwa nemazita ekunze aya aachangobva kudzidza. Nekudaro, izvi hazvina kukwana kuna Ahmed Arif. Anowedzerawo mabasa evanyori vakakosha uye vadetembi veTurkey Literature kuhupenyu hwake uye nekudaro anozvipa maonero matsva panguva yake yekusekondari. Mushure mokunge apedza chikoro chesekondari, anoenda kuUşak uye anotanga kugara pano nemukoma wake mukuru. Gare gare baba vake vanoenda pamudyandigere.
Somugumisiro wemamiriro ezvinhu aya, mhuri yose inodzokera kuDiyarbakır. Ahmed Arif anobva aenda kuhondo uye anodzoka muna 1947 seakapedza kudzidza. Hupenyu hwepayunivhesiti hunotanga mugore rimwe chete. Anokunda Dhipatimendi reMutauro, Tsananguro uye Geography yeAnkara University. Pano anotanga kudzidza uzivi.
Akaroora Aynur Hanım, aive mutori wenhau, muna 1967. Kwapera gore kubva pamuchato wake, uye pakupera kwenguva iyi, bhuku rekutanga renhetembo raAhmed Arif rakabudiswa pasi pezita reLong Shackles Eskittim. Mubhuku iri, nyanduri akaunganidza nhetembo dzaakange anyora kwenguva refu. Bhuku rinobva radhindwazve nemumwe muparidzi.