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İbrahim Balaban (1921–2019) was born in Bursa. While in prison, he met Nâzım Hikmet and studied art history, philosophy, and political economy for seven years. Known as the 'Peasant Painter' and 'Painter Yunus Emre', he created over 2,000 paintings portraying Anatolian folk life and labor, and authored 11 books.