Journalist
and writer (b. 1897, Razgrad – d. 7 December 1973, İstanbul). He started in
journalism in 1914 with the newspaper Türk
Sadası that was published in Sofia. He published the newspaper Deliorman (which supported the rights of
the Muslim-Turkish minority in Bulgaria), Mücadele
and Tunaboyu in Pleven, the weekly
review Rumeli (Thrace) in Babaeski
and İstanbul and Balkan Postası
(1949- 60, 14 issues).
He wrote for the newspapers Son Posta, Zaman, Vakit, İstiklal, Son Havadis, Milliyet and Bugün after having moved to Turkey in 1934. He published many newspapers in various places; the newspapers Balkan Postası (1950-54) and Balkan (1961-63) in İstanbul, and the reviews Çağdaş (1946), Anavatan (1947) and Türk Dünyası (1955). He founded the publishing house Türk Görüşü. He is buried in İstanbul Çamlık Graveyard.
WORKS:
Meşrutiyet'ten Önce Balkan
Türkleri - Şarki Rumeli Meseleleri - Hudut Harici Türk Gazeteciliği (Balkan Turks Before the Constitutional Monarchy – Issues of the East
Rumelia – Foreign Border Turkish Journalism, with Arif Necip Kakatlı and
Gültekin Arda, 1942 ?), Ruslar
Balkanlarda Ne Yapmak İstiyor? (What Do the Russians Want to Do in the
Balkans?, 1945), Makedonyalı Komiteciler
Ne Yapmak İstiyor? (What Do the Macedonian Partisans Want to Do?, 1946), Sofya Harabelerinden Akdeniz Kıyılarına
(From the Ruins of Sophia to the Shores of the Mediterranean, 1946), Balkanlardaki Kızıllar Arasında 60 Gün
(60 Days Among the Reds in the Balkans, 1946), Kızılordu İçinde Neler Gördüm (What Did I See In the Red Army?,
1945), Razgrad Mezarlık Hadisesi'nde
Çanlar Benim İçin Çaldı - Balkan Türkleri'nin Hicret Sebepleri (The Bell
Rings For Me in the Incident of the Razgrad Cemetery – The Reasons for
Immigration of the Balkan Turks, 1955), Nuri
Demirağ'ın Hayat ve Mücadeleleri (Life and Struggles of Nuri Demirağ,
1957), Plevne, Niğbolu ve Adakale'de
Neler Gördüm? (What Did I See in Plevne, Niğbolu and Adakala?, 1940, ?), Bulgarya'daki 1.300.000 Türk (1.300.000 Turks in Bulgaria, 1946), Bulgaristan
Türkleri / Yakın Tarih ve Hatıralar (Bulgarian Turks / Recent History and
Memoirs, 1st volume, 1971), Balkancı
Ethem Ruhi’nin Hatıraları (Memoirs of the “Balkanist” Ethem Ruhi, ?).
It is said
that he prepared a compilation work İfşa
Ediyorum (I Announce). He also translated works.
