Researcher- writer (b. 1910, Tripoli / Libya - d. 1987,
İstanbul). He attended Damascus High School (1920) and
graduated from Italian High School (1925). He worked in the famous newspapers
İstanbul of his time such as İkdam
Tasvir, Vakit, Hürriyet and Şehir
and in various reviews. He published many original work and articles in those
publications. He became known for his short stories that were published in the
humor review Akbaba. He was one of the popular writers with
his popular novels.
SELECTIONS FROM HIS WORKS (Novel-Folk Story):
Zehirli Çiçek (The Poisonous
Flower, 1927), Garson Kız (The
Waitress, 1928), Gelini Kim Öldürdü (Who
Did Kill the Bride, 1932), Bir Çapkının
Hatıratı (Memoirs of a Casanova, 1933),
Uğru ile Kadı Hikâyesi (Story of Uğru and the Judge, 1933), Dans Hocası (Dance Teacher, 1933), Derdi Yok ile Zülfü Siyah (Untroubled
and Zülfü Siyah, 1935), Resimli Gül ile
Sitemkâr (Illustrated Rose and Reproachful, 1935), Elif ile Mahmut Hikâyesi (Story of Elif and Mahmut, 1936), Şah İsmail Hikâyesi (Story of Şah
İsmail, 1936), Kız Kaçakçıları (Girl
Smugglers, 1936), Gayri Tabii Aşıklar (Unnatural
Loves, 1936), Dertli Hasan ile Nazlıhan
Hikâyesi (Story of Sorrowful Hasan and Nazlıhan, 1937), Ferhat ile Şirin (Ferhat and Şirin, 1937), Hançerli Hanım Hikâyesi (Story of the Lady with a Dagger, 1937), Resimli Köşk Hikâyesi (Illustrated
Story of Mansion, 1937), Yanık Ömer ile
Güzel Zeynep Hikâyesi (Story of Yanık Ömer and Beautiful Zeynep, 1937), Yedi Alimler Hikâyesi (Story of the Seven
Sages, 1937), Şeyh Ahmet'in Aşk Macerası (The
Love Adventure of Şeyh Mehmet, 1939),
Şeyhin Oğlu ile Oyuncu Yasemin (Son of Şeyh and Actress Yasemin, 1939), Çakıcı Efe (Çakıcı Efe, 1941), Dünya Güzeli (World’s Beautiful, 1941), Bir Türk'e Gönül Verdim (I Lost My
Heart to a Turk, 1941), Nasreddin Hoca
Dünyayı Dolaşıyor (1941), Nasreddin
Hoca Şişman Abla ile Evleniyor (Nasrettin Hoca Marries to Fat Elder Sister,
1941), Nasreddin Hoca Karagöz'ün
Düğününde (Nasrettin Hoca at the Wedding of Karagöz, 1941), Leyla ile Mecnun (Leyla and Mecnun,
1941), Harunureşidin Gözdesi (The
Favorite of Harun ar-Reşid, 1942), Paris
Batakhanelerinde (In Paris Dens of Vice, 1943), Yarım Milyonluk Pırlanta (A Half Million Diamond, 1943), Kaçırılan Film Yıldızı (The Kidnapped
Movie Star, 1943), Mehmetçik Çanakkale'de
(Turkish Army in Çanakkale, 1944),
Billur Köşk Hikâyesi (Story of the Crystal Mansion, 1949), Kanlı Define (The Bloody Treasure,
1951), Tarzan Mandrake Mücadelesi (The
Fight of Tarzan and Mandrake, 1951),
Muhammet Hanefi'nin İntikamı (The Revenge of Muhammet Hanefi, 1958), Kerbela Faciası (The Kerbela Tragedy,
1959), Şehvet Geceleri (Nights of the
Lust, 1960), Büyük Resimli Aşk Hikâyesi (A
Love Story with Big Illustrations, 1966),
Hayberli Sihirbazın İntikamı (The Revenge of The Magician of Khyber, 1966), Dertli Kaval ve Kısmet Hikâyesi (Story
of The Sorrowful Pipe and the Fate, 1967),
Hakiki Resimli Sürmeli Bey Hikâyesi (Story of Sürmeli Bey with Original
Pictures, 1967), Hz. Ali Ölüm Vadisinde (Esteemed
Ali in the Death Valley, 1967), Hz. Ali
Kıyımcılara Karşı (Hz. Ali is Against the Slayers, 1968), Gazveler Kahramanı Hz. Ali'nin İlk
Zaferleri (First Victories of the Gazveler Hero Esteemed Ali, 1968), Hakiki Resimli Yedi Alimler Hikâyesi (Story
of the Seven Sages with Original Pictures, 1969), Hz. Ali Mührü Süleyman'ın İzinde (Esteemed Ali in Pursuit of the
Seal of Solomon, 1971), Hayber Kalesi
Fethi (The Conquest of Khyber Castle, 1971), Hz. Ali Zerrin Kalesi'nde: Kesik Başın İntikamı (Esteemed Ali in
Zerrin Castle: The Revenge of The Sliced Head, 1982).
He has also
collections.
