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I´ve never heard of him and wondered what people here know and think of his work.
from http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=168558&bolum=110
Poet Yusuf Hayaloðlu dies at age 56
Prolific poet and lyricist Yusuf Hayaloðlu, who is best known for the captivatingly emotional lyrics of many well-known songs by the late musician Ahmet Kaya, has died. He was 56.
Hayaloðlu died of respiratory failure Tuesday morning at Ãstanbul’s Acýbadem Hospital, located in the city’s Bakýrköy district, where he had been receiving treatment for the last eight days, the Anatolia news agency reported. Hayaloðlu was transferred to the intensive care unit on Monday due to pulmonary edema, the report said.
Hayaloðlu is the brother of Gülten Kaya, the widow of the late musician Ahmet Kaya, who died in 2000 at the age of 44 in Paris. Hayaloðlu, whose works were marked by political undertones as well as lyrical depictions of love, was the writer of hundreds of poems which were turned into well-known protest songs, most notably those by Kaya. Among his best-known lyrics are “Hani Benim Gençliðim” (Where’s My Youth?), “Baþým Belada” (I’m in Trouble), “Adý Bahtiyar” (His Name Was Bahtiyar), “Baþkaldýrýyorum” (Rising Up), “Ayrýlýðýn Hediyesi” (The Gift of Separation) and “Yüreðim Kanýyor” (My Heart’s Bleeding), among others. The Gam Music Company, which represented Hayaloðlu, said on Tuesday that details of the poet’s funeral had yet to be planned.
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