Bedri Rahmi Eyüboğlu

Turkey on Jan. 28 commemorated Özdemir Asaf, a unique poet of contemporary Turkish literature, on the 39th anniversary of his death.

Born in Ankara, the Turkish capital, on June 11, 1923, Asaf was known to be a man with gentle characteristics and love for life.

Painter, writer and photographer Fikret Otyam, who died last year in August, is commemorated in an exhibition in honor of his 90th birthday. 

Otyam, who made great contributions to Turkey's social, cultural and artistic accumulation, has left a wide collection of photos, books and paintings behind him.