Editing Poet laureate (section)

==== Turkey ====
During the 12th century, [[Nicholas Kallikles]] was the court poet of the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] court in [[Constantinople]] during the reigns of [[Alexios I Komnenos]]. In 1302, [[Safi al-Din al-Hilli]] served as the court poet in [[Mardin]] under the [[Artuqids]]. [[Mehmet Akif Ersoy]] (b. 1873–d. December 27, 1936), a famous poet, was the Poet-Laureate of [[Turkey]]. He composed the poem to be the National Anthem of the Turkish Republic that written in 1921. Original name of the poem is "İstiklal Marşı"