"2008 endorsed as year of first Turkish envoy to Pakistan
By Our correspondent
4/28/2008
Islamabad
The Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism has endorsed the year 2008 ‘The year of Yahya Kemal Beyatli.’
Yahya Kemal Beyatli (1884-1958), a Turkish poet, was the first ambassador of his country to the newly created state of Pakistan from February 21, 1948 to December 27th of the same year.
The Turkish Embassy in Islamabad commemorated the death of the poet on the visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ali Babacan. Reproduced below is the ambassador’s speech and one of his poems, which were displayed on the lunch tables along with a picture of the ambassador while presenting his credentials to Quaid-e-Azam."
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