Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in Turkey because it has been expropriated as national heritage or its copyright has expired. Article 27 of the Turkish copyright law states:
The protection period continues during the lifetime of the owner of the work and for 70 years after his death.
For works published after the death of their owner, the protection period is 70 years after the date of death.
In cases stated in the first paragraph of article 12, the protection period is 70 years from the date that the work is published, unless the owner of the work discloses his name before the expiry of this period.
In case the first owner of the work is a legal person, the protection period is 70 years from the date that the work is published.