Being the second artist having the title of "Sultanu'ş Şuara" (Sultan of Poets) after Baki in the history of Turkish literature, Necip Fazıl Kısakürek is commemorated on the 34th anniversary of his death.

Mediha Hanım and Abdülbaki Fazıl Bey, who worked as Gebze district attorney and judge of Kadıköy, named their son Ahmet Necip, who was born in Istanbul in 1904. He was named after his father's grandfather Necip Efendi.

Kısakürek spent his childhood at his grandfather Mehmet Hilmi Bey's mansion in Çemberlitaş. He learned to read from his grandfather when he was 5 years old and his grandmother Zafer Hanım inspired him to read more.

Kısakürek was enrolled in "Imperial School of Naval Sciences" (Mekteb-i Fünun-i Bahriye-i Şahane), in which famous figures worked as teacher such as Aksekili Ahmed Hamdi, Yahya Kemal, İbrahim Aşki and Hamdullah Suphi Tanrıöver. He started to be interested in poetry during this period. Kısakürek then started becoming involved in publication through his handwritten weekly magazine "Nihal."

Studying in the same school with famous poet Nazım Hikmet Ran, Kısakürek learned English well in a short time and read many famous works of famous writers such as Lord Byron, Oscar Wilde and Shakespeare in their original language.

Necip Fazıl Kısakürek then started the Philosophy Department of Darülfünûn in 1921, where he had the opportunity to meet famous Turkish writers Ahmet Haşim, Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu, Faruk Nafiz and Ahmed Kudsi. He got his first poems published in Yeni Mecmua (The New Journal), a magazine published by Yakup Kadri and his friends.

Necip Fazıl went to Paris in 1924 with the scholarship provided by the Ministry of Education.

When Necip Fazıl Kısakürek went back to Istanbul in 1925, his first poem book "Spider Web" was published in 1925 and "Pavements" in 1928, which both drew great attention.

Kısakürek regarded the day when he met Abdülhakim Arvasi in 1934 as a milestone for his life since Sufi philosophy was started to be influential in his works after this date.

Kısakürek wrote the theatre play "Tohum" (The Seed) in 1935. Putting Islamic and Turkish values on the forefront, the play was staged by Muhsin Ertuğrul in Istanbul City Theatres. While the play attracted attention from the art world, it did not draw much attention from the public.

Kısakürek's "Bir Adam Yaratmak" (Creating a Man) was staged by Muhsin Ertuğrul in Istanbul City Theatres in 1937 and attracted great attention.

In 1938, Ulus newspaper launched a contest for a new national anthem and Kısakürek accepted their proposal on the condition that the contest would be canceled. His request was accepted and Kısakürek wrote "Büyük Doğu Marşı" (Büyük Doğu Anthem). His poem's name "Büyük Doğu" became the name of a magazine that he later started to publish.

In 1939, Necip Fazıl Kısakürek published his poem "Çile" (Anguish), which tells his depressed period in 1934.

Büyük Doğu magazine, whose first issue was published on Sept. 17, 1943, put Islamic values on the forefront. Some of the famous figures wrote for the magazine and some of Kısakürek's writings were also published in the magazine with various pen names including "Adıdeğmez," "İstanbul Çocuğu" (The son of Istanbul), "BÜYÜK DOĞU," "Fa," "Tenkitçi" (The Critic), "N.F.K.," "Ne-Mu," "Ahmet Abdülbaki," "Abdinin Kölesi" (Abidin's Slave), "Bankacı" ("The Banker"), "Be-De," "Dilci" ("The Linguist"), "İstanbullu" (The Istanbulite) and "Muhbir" (The Reporter).

The magazine was shut down with the decision of the Council of Ministers in 1944; was published again in November 1945 and was shut down once again in 1946. It started to be published in 1947, however, was shut down shortly afterwards. Kısakürek was arrested. As the owner was officially his wife Neslihan Hanım, they were both arrested on the charges of "Sultanate Propaganda and Insult to Turkishness and Turkish Nation." The poet was jailed for one month and three days.

Kısakürek founded Büyük Doğu Cemiyeti (Great East Society) in 1949 and became its president.

He and his wife Neslihan Hanım were jailed in 1950, but released after the Amnesty Law was introduced by Democrat Party, which won the general election in the same year.

Kısakürek started to republish Büyük Doğu and issued open letters for Adnan Menderes suggesting him to take Islam as the center line of his party.

Kısakürek's daily writings were published in different newspapers including Yeni İstanbul, Son Posta, Babıalide Sabah, Bugün, Milli Gazete, Her Gün and Tercüman during the period when the magazine was not published.

Getting his son Mehmet to set up Büyük Doğu Publishing House in 1973, Kısakürek went to the Hajj in the same year. His works, which were published by different publishing houses, were published on regular basis starting from his poetic work "Esselam" (Welcome).

He was commemorated for his 40-year-old struggle in 1975 by The National Turkish Student Union. Kısakürek published 13 issues of "Rapor" (Report) magazine between 1976 and 1980; and he also issued "Son Devre Büyük Doğu" magazine in 1978.

Kısakürek was chosen as the "Sultan of Poets" by the Turkish Literature Foundation in 1980 and as "Intellectual and Artist of the Year" in 1982. This made Kısakürek the second poet to have the title of Sultan of Poets, after Baki.

Regarded as the "grand master," Kısakürek, who is a poet, writer and philosopher, put his signature to well-known plays including "Künye" (The Records), "Sabır Taşı" (Stone of Patience), "Namık Kemal," "Çerçeve" (The Frame), "Para" (Money), "Vatan Şairi Namık Kemal" (Namık Kemal The Naitonal Poet), "Müdafaa" (Defense), "Halkadan Pırıltılar" (The Glares), "Nam" (Fame), "Çöle İnen Nur" (The Light that Descended on the Desert), "Maskenizi Yırtıyorum" (I'm Tearing Off Your Masks), "Sonsuzluk Kervanı" (Caravan of Infinity), "At'a Senfoni" (A Symphony for the Horse), "Altun Halka" (Silsile-i Zeheb), "O ki O Yüzden Varız" (He, as the Reason of Existence), "Her Cephesiyle Komünizm" (Communism from all the Fronts), "Ahşap Konak" (Wooden Mansion) and "Reis Bey" (Chief).

His work "Bir Adam Yaratmak" (Creating a Man) was adapted for TV in 1977 by Yücel Çakmaklı. The play was staged by Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality City Theaters in 2002. Another play by Kısakürek, "Reis Bey," was also staged by the State Theaters in 2012; and City Theaters in 2017.

Kısakürek passed away at his home in the Erenköy district of Istanbul on May 25, 1983. His funeral took place at Fatih Mosque, in which thousands of people participated, and his body was buried in Eyüp Sultan Cemetery.