Poet and writer (b. 1867, İstanbul - d. 21 March
1942, İstanbul ). He is the brother of Hüseyin Cahit Yalçın. After graduating from Tıbbiye Mektebi (School of Medicine), he worked as a doctor in Mytilene and İstanbul and then went to Paris as an intern. On
his return from Paris, he served as an inspector
of health (1898-1908) and member of the Council for Health in Damascus.
He worked as a doctor in various cities in Anatolia during the years of the Independence War and on
the ships of the State Maritime Lines after the declaration of Republic. He
gained fame with his lyric poems on love and women, which were written with the
influence of Cenap Şahabettin and Tevfik Fikret. In addition, he wrote plays
and did translations.
WORKS:
POETRY: Lâne -
Melal (Home of Nations, 1910), Gave
Destanı (Epic of Gave, humorous poems, 1923).
PLAY: Kirli
Çamaşırlar (Dirty Washing, 1911),
Çürük Temel (Unstable Foundation, adaptation from French, 1915; staged at
the İstanbul Municipal City Theatre, 1916),
Kayseri Gülleri
(Roses of Kayseri, 1920), Ahirette
Bir Gün (One Day in Our Life to Come, poem in syllabic meter, 1926), etc.
