Poet, writer and painter Mustafa Yazgan passed away at the age of 81. Istanbul Provincial Culture and Tourism Manager Coşkun Yılmaz announced of Yazgan's death, "We are gone from the world. Hello to the rest. Salute to those who pray for us. Our big brother who had a Yunus Emre like hearth and writer Mustafa Yazgan also said goodbye to this world. He left good memories behind with his excitement, conferences, speeches and writings. May his soul be blessed and his rank high." Yazgan's body was bid farewell from Kocaeli Province’s Karamürsel District’s Mürselpaşa Mosque.
Born in Gaziantep on November 16, 1940, Yazgan graduated from Gaziantep ‘Dayı Ahmet Ağa’ Primary School (1951), Gaziantep Boys' Secondary School (1955) and Gaziantep High School (1958). Yazgan graduated from Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences, Administrative Branch (1963), and completed his doctorate in the same faculty. Yazgan worked as also an assistant at the Public Administration Institute for Turkey and the Middle East (1963-1966), a private secretary at the Religious Affairs Administration (Diyanet İşleri Başkanlığı) and a translator for Western languages (1966-1967), a specialist in the National Productivity Center (1967-1968), as a specialist in the Turkish Vehicle Employers' Union (1968-1969), as an English teacher in Şanlıurfa Secondary School (1970-1971). Meanwhile, when Yazgan returned to publishing after he worked as a publisher (1971-1976) for a while, then as a consultant (1977-1980) at the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, he was arrested by the military administration on September 12, 1980, and spent 9 and a half months in Ordu Language School and Mamak Military Prison where he was imprisoned.
Yazgan left Ankara in 1982 and settled in Kocaeli. Yazgan, who was elected as a member of Central Decision and Executive Board (MKYK) at the last general assembly of the MSP, later withdrew from politics and devoted all his time to writing and publishing activities. Yazgan, one of Necip Fazıl Kısakürek's students, also took part in the Islamist Magazines Project.
Rest in peace…