Nejdet Sançar

Ahmet Necdet Sançar (May 1, 1910 – February 22, 1975) was a Turkish literature teacher, who became one of the prominent personalities of the Pan-Turkist ideology.

He was the younger brother of another notable Turkish nationalist, Nihal Atsız.

[1] His family was originally from Gümüşhane, and his father was a lieutenant commander in the Ottoman Navy.

Also, he wrote five books which are Türklük Sevgisi (Love of the Turkic Identity), Irkımızın Kahramanları (Heroes of Our Race), Tarihte Türk-İtalyan Savaşları (Italo-Turkish Wars in History), Afşın'a Mektuplar (Letters to Afşın) and İsmet İnönü İle Hesaplaşma (Face to Face with İsmet İnönü).

Nejdet Sançar died on February 22, 1975,[1] while he was working on an expanded version of his book Tarihte Türk-İtalyan Savaşları (Turkish-Italian Wars in History).