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Mehmed Şevket Eygi (1933–2019) was a Turkish writer who promoted anti-Semetic beliefs and conspiracy theories.

Biography

Mehmet Şevket Eygi was born on February 7, 1933, in Ereğli district of Zonguldak as the only child of his family. He completed his primary, secondary and high school education in Galatasaray High School. Eygi learned French at Galatsaray High School and took lessons Orhan Şaik Gökyay, Nihat Sami Banarlı and Ahmet Kutsi Tecer. He received a scholarship for Faculty of Political Science, Ankara University in 1952. He studied with Cemal Süreya and Sezai Karakoç. While attending university, he worked as a translator at the French Cultural Center in Ankara.

After graduating from university in 1956, he worked as a translator at the Directorate of Religious Affairs for two years. He worked as the private secretary of Ömer Nasuhi Bilmen for a while too. Eygi began publishing the daily Bugün newspaper in 1966.

Before passing away, Eygi donated over 45,000 books to the Presidential Library.

Şevket Eygi passed away at 22:30 in the Istanbul hospital where he was treated for heart disease on July 12, 2019. He was buried in Merkezefendi Cemetery following funeral prayers at Fatih Mosque on July 13, 2019. Amongst those who attended his funeral were President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Minister of Justice Abdulhamit Gül, Minister of Industry and Technology Mustafa Varank, Chairman of the Felicity Party Temel Karamollaoğlu, some members of parliament and journalists.

Eygi was never married and has no children.

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• Turkish columnists
• 1933 births
• 2019 deaths
• People from Karadeniz Ereğli