Writer (b. 1875, İstanbul -
d. 14 November 1971). He graduated from Istanbul Fine Arts Academy and the War
School (1891). He left the Army in 1906 and became a teacher at the Fine Arts
Academy. He published the magazine Kalem
with Salah Cimcoz in
WORKS:
RESEARCH:
Resim Dersleri (Painting Lessons,
1895), Renkler ve Yağlıboya (Colors
and Oil Paint, 1900), Eski İstanbul
(Ancient İstanbul, 1912), Eski Galata
(Ancient Galata, 1913), Türk Sanatı
(Turkish Art, 1928), Yeni Mimari (New
Architecture, 1931), Şehircilik (Town
Planning, 1937), L’Art Turc (Turkish
Art, Paris, 1970), Sanat Lûgati (Art
Dictionary, French and Turkish, 1944), Sanat
Ansiklopedisi (Art Encyclopedia, 5 volumes, 1953-54), Türk Sanat Tarihi (Turkish Art History, 4 volumes, 1954-64).
PLAY: Sultan Selim-i Salis (Sultan Selim III,
with Adalet Cimcoz, 1910; with the name Üçüncü
Selim-III. Selim, 1958), Büyük Yarın
(Great Tomorrow, 1925; with the name Büyük
Turgan-Great Tomorrow, 1936), Şaban
(Şaban, composed by Viktor Badeglia, a German Operetta, performed in Vienna in
1918), Saatçi (Clockmaker, operetta,
1932), Büyük İkramiye (The First
Prize, operetta, with Yusuf Sururi, 1933), Gökte
Ararken (While Searching in the Sky, 1939).