TURKISH LYRICS

Korkma, sönmez bu safaklarda yüzen al sancak;
Sönmeden yurdumun üstünde tüten en son ocak.
O benim milletimin yildizidir, parlayacak;
O benimdir, o benim milletimindir ancak. 

Catma, kurban olayim, çehreni ey nazli hilal!
Kahraman irkima bir gül! Ne bu siddet, bu celal?
Sana olmaz dökülen kanlarimiz sonra helal...
Hakkidir, hakk'a tapan, milletimin istiklal!

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ENGLISH TRANSLATION
 
Fear not and be not dismayed, this crimson flag will never fade. 
It is the last hearth that is burning for my nation, 
And we know for sure that it will never fail. 
It is my nation's star, shining forever, 
It is my nation's star and it is mine. 

Frown not, fair crescent, for I am ready to die for you. 
Smile now upon my heroic nation, leave this anger, 
Lest the blood shed for thee be unblessed.
Freedom is my nation's right,
Freedom for us who worship God and seek what is right. 

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Turkey
"Istiklâl Marsi" (The March of Independence)

Words by:Mehmet Akif Ersoy
Music by:Zeki Üngör
Adopted:1921 (lyrics), 1932 (music)

The "Istiklal Marsi" was officially adopted as Turkey's National Anthem on
March 12, 1921. 724 poems were submitted to a competition organized to find and
select the most suitable original composition, and a poem written by the poet
Mehmet Akif Ersoy was adopted unanimously by the Turkish Grand National
Assembly. There are ten verses to Ersoy's poem, but only the first two are sung
as the national anthem.

Twenty-four composers participated in another competition arranged for the
selection of a musical composition for the National Anthem. The Council, which
was only able to convene in 1924, due to the War of Independence adopted the
music composed by Ali Rifat Çagatay. The words of the National Anthem were sung
to this music for eight years. Thereafter, the music of the National Anthem was
changed to an arrangement written by Zeki Üngör, conductor of the Presidental
Symphonic Orchestra, and the words of the National Anthem have been sung to
this musical accompaniment ever since.

The anthem of Turkey is also used in the Turkish areas of northern Cyprus.

See also: Ottoman_Empire.
