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Nzm Hikmet Ran , commonly known as Nzm Hikmet was a Turkish poet, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, director and memoirist. He was acclaimed for the lyrical flow of his statements. Described as a romantic communist and romantic revolutionary, he was repeatedly arrested for his political beliefs and spent much of his adult life in prison or in exile. His poetry has been translated into more than fifty languages.
According to Nzm Hikmet, he was of paternal Turkish and maternal German, Polish, Georgian, Circassian and French descent. Nzm Hikmets mother came from a distinguished, cosmopolitan family with predominantly Circassian roots, along with high social position and relations to Polish nobility. From his fathers side, he had Turkish heritage. His father, Hikmet Bey, was the son of erkes Nzm Pasha, after whom Nzm Hikmet was named. His mother, Aye Celile Hanm, was ofCircassian,Polish,Serbian,German,French ancestry. Nazms maternal grandfather, Hasan Enver Pasha, was the son of Polish Mustafa Celalettin Pasha and Saffet Hanm who was born to Serbian Omar Pasha and Circassian Adviye Hanm . Mustafa Celalettin Pasha authored Les Turcs anciens et modernes in Constantinople , in 1869. This is considered one of the first works of national Turkist political thought. Nzm Hikmets maternal grandmother, Leyla Hanm, was the daughter of Mehmet Ali Pasha, of French and German origin, an
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