Writer (b. 28 May 1887, İstanbul – d.
18 May 1951). He wrote under the pen names such as “El Üfürük” and “Necdet”. As
a child he took private lessons and graduated from Galatasaray High School
(1906) and the School of Law (1910). He started his writing career with the
humorous review El Üfürük that he
published with his friends (1908). Afterwards he published the humorous
newspaper Davul.
He published his sketches and articles
in newspapers such as Son Posta,
Cumhuriyet, Akşam and Vakit, and
reviews such as Yeni Mecmua, 7 Gün, Hafta
etc. Like Hüseyin Rahmi and Ahmet Rasim, he chose the characters of
old İstanbul, the customs and the traditions as his subjects with the only
purpose of making people laugh.
WORKS:
HUMOR (Novel): Kıvırcık Paşa (Curly-Haired Paşa, 1933), Pembe Maşlahlı Hanım (Lady in a Pink Robe, 1933), Harp Zengininin Gelini (The Bride of
the War Profiteer, 1934), Eski Çapkın
Anlatıyor (Old Casanova Explains, 1944).
NOVEL: Onikiler (The Twelve, published in the newspaper Cumhuriyet in 1935; 1999).
PLAY: Helal Mal (Legitimate Property, 1920), El İlacı (Medicine for the Hand, 1919), Yıldızlar Barıştı (They Got Along Well with Each Other, 1919), Kol Ramiz (Ramiz, the Arm, 1920) and
Duvar Aslanı (The Lion of the Wall, 1925) were not published.
MEMOIR: Eski Günlerde (In Olden Times, edited by Faruk Ilıkan; published in
the newspaper Akşam between 1939 and
1940; 2001).