Abstract:

This paper aims to give information about Mehmet Behçet Perim, who was born in the village of Satovcha near the present-day Gotse Delchev in 1896, and went to school in Edirne. Mehmet Behçet Perim was a witness to momentous events in history; he saw the downfall of the Ottoman Empire, the proclamation of the Republic, and World Wars I and II. He tried to raise awareness for the Turkish cause in Bulgaria, a case which he was devoted throughout his life and works. The content of this paper is based on the project named “Compiling the Compendium of Mehmet Behçet Perim: A Bulgarian Immigrant Journalist, Writer and Poet”, managed between the years 2015-2016 under Kırklareli University Scentific Research Coordinatorship. After Perim’s works are identified and provided via his family members, they are typed; the ones which were originally written in Arabic letters were transcribed, classified according to genre and then, edited. This paper will outline his life and give short summaries of his works. 

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