Cengiz Dağcı was a Crimean Tatar

Crimean Tatars

Crimean Tatars or Crimeans are a Turkic ethnic group that originally resided in Crimea. They speak the Crimean Tatar language...

 novelist and poet. He wrote his works in Turkish

Turkish language

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, despite having never been in Turkey

Turkey

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.

He was born in a small village of Yalta

Yalta

Yalta is a city in Crimea, southern Ukraine, on the north coast of the Black Sea.The city is located on the site of an ancient Greek colony, said to have been founded by Greek sailors who were looking for a safe shore on which to land. It is situated on a deep bay facing south towards the Black...

, Crimea

Crimea

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 in 1919. He was taken hostage by Germans during World War II and survived Nazi labor camps. In 1946, Dağcı settled in London where he lived until his death. Cengiz Dağcı was died in 22 September 2011 in his home.

External links

• Biography, Ötüken Publishing
• "Türk edebiyatının acı kaybı", Anadolu Ajansı