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After graduation from primary school, he enrolled at a [[Village Institutes|village institute]] in [[Gönen, Isparta]]. During institute daygs, he focused on poetry and had a chance to read many books. On village institutes, he said: "Village Institute was huge chance for me. I was not able to enter any high school after graduation from primary school, my family couldn't afford. Village institutes were attracting students in the villages who have own wish for high education like me." In these years, Tahir read poems of [[Nazım Hikmet]], a leftist poet and novelist who is under arrest at that time, he had to read most of these poems in privacy due to political pressure on communists in Turkey.
His first published poem ''Fesleğen Kokulum'' (''My Basil-Scented'') took place in a local journal ''Türke Doğru''. In 1947, Tahir used Fakir Baykurt as [[pen name]] first time, his pen name Fakir is known more than his real name Tahir among Turkish literature society. One year later Fakir graduated from village institute and he was assigned to Kavacık Village, which is near by Fakir's native hometown, as teacher. During his career, he met poets and authors several times. In 1951 he married Muzaffer, he was appointed to Dereköy and his home was investigated under prosecution process. Two years later Fakir entered Turkish Literature Department of Gazi Faculty of Education. Fakir is judged next year due to some of his writings in ''Gayret'' journal. In 1955 he graduated from Gazi Faculty of Education, his first book ''Çilli'' (''Freckled Face'') was published. In 1957 he was conscripted, his daughter Işık was born, a year later, Fakir won Yunus Nadi Novel Award by his first published novel ''[[Yılanların Öcü]]'' (''The Vengeance of Snakes''). However he and committee of the Yunus Nadi Award were prosecuted due to this decision. After this prosecution, Fakir began writing for ''[[Cumhuriyet]]'' which is a secular and republican [[Turkish]] daily newspaper. Fakir was unseated by virtue of his articles in ''Cumhuriyet'', after removal of authoritarian [[Democrat Party (Turkey, 1946–61)|Democrat Party]] by succeeded [[1960 Turkish coup d'état|coup d'état]], Fakir had chance to get back on task; he was assigned to Education Inspector of Primary Schools in [[Ankara]] and his book ''Efkar Tepesi'' (''Hill of Pensiveness'') was published.
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