The people who Nuri Pakdil, also known as the "Poet of Jerusalem," spent most of his time with remember him dearly and shared their stories with him before his death in 2019. Necip Evlice, a Turkish author and poet who knew Pakdil for 50 years, shared his memories about him. The name Idris Hamza was given to him by Pakdil, he recounted, adding that this later became his pen name ...