Neriman Cahit was born on 1937 and is a Turkish Cypriot poet and author.
12 Facts About Neriman Cahit
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Neriman Cahit is known as a leading figure of Turkish Cypriot poetry and a vocal advocate of women's rights.
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Neriman Cahit started penning her thoughts at the 5th year of primary school.
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Neriman Cahit went to the Victoria Girls' High School, where she studied classics with the help of her philosophy teacher and became increasingly vocal with her writing.
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Neriman Cahit then went on to study at the Teachers' College, and was forced to transfer to the newly formed Teachers' College of Turkish Cypriots in 1957 due to the nascent intercommunal strife.
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Neriman Cahit started writing with a free style, not incorporating rhyme schemes into her poetry.
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Neriman Cahit continued teaching for 33 years and often in remote villages, claiming that it was "as if she was exiled because of her opposition".
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Neriman Cahit published her first works in the 1960s under a male pseudonym due to restrictions imposed on her by her family.
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Neriman Cahit is considered one of the leading advocates of women's rights.
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Neriman Cahit has expressed her passion for Nicosia, the deep entrenchment of the city in her soul and the pain that the city's division gives to her.
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Neriman Cahit has been the recipient of at least 15 awards in literature, including awards from the Turkish magazine Nokta, from Humanist International and from the International Organization of Turkic Culture.
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Neriman Cahit is the founder of the Women's Research Center and currently writes periodicals in the Turkish Cypriot daily newspaper Yeni Duzen.