Pedagogue and writer (b. 1897,
Silistre / Bulgaria
– d. 1960). He is the founder of the village institutions. He graduated from
İstanbul Teachers School (1918) and was sent to Germany in the
same year. After he returned to Turkey,
he worked as a teacher of painting and technique at various schools. He became
the Director of the Educational Supplies and Apparatus Museum
in 1926. He was appointed to the Gazi Education Institution as a teacher of
painting and technique in 1930 and founded the painting department in 1933. He
was appointed to the Directorate of Elementary Schools on 3 August 1935 as a
representative and as principal in 1940. He continued this work until 1948.
Afterwards he worked as a member of the Instruction and Training Committee and
then he was appointed to Ankara
Atatürk High
School as a teacher of painting. He retired in
1954.
WORKS:
Elişleri Rehberi (Handicrafts Guide, 1927,
in Arabic Alphabet),
Mürebbinin Ruhu (The Spirit of a Teacher, 1931), Resim- Elişleri ve Sanat Terbiyesi (Painting- Handicrafts and Art
Teaching, 1932), İş ve Meslek Terbiyesi (Profession
and Vocation Teaching, 1933), Köyde
Eğitim (Education in the Village, 1938),
Canlandırılacak Köy (The Village to be Revived, 1939, under the name of Eğitim Yoluyla Canlandırılacak Köy - The
Village to be Revived in the Manner of Education in 1947), İlköğretim Kavramı (The Concept of Elementary Education, 1947).
