List of Famous people with last name Kan-k

Orhan Veli Kanık

First Name Orhan

Last Name Kanık

Born on April 13, 1914

Died on November 14, 1950 (aged 36)

Born in Istanbul Province, Istanbul

Orhan Veli Kanık or Orhan Veli was a Turkish poet. Kanık is one of the founders of the Garip Movement together with Oktay Rıfat and Melih Cevdet. Aiming to fundamentally transform traditional form in Turkish poetry, he introduced colloquialisms into the poetic language. Besides his poetry Kanık crammed an impressive volume of works including essays, articles and translations into 36 short years.

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Adnan Veli Kanık

First Name Adnan

Last Name Kanık

Born on December 9, 1916

Died on December 6, 1972 (aged 55)

Born in Istanbul Province

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