Journalist and writer (b. 1899, Dagestan – d. 1969). His original name is Abdulkadir. He completed his primary
and elementary education in Adana and Konya. He graduated from Konya Teacher
School (1921), worked as a primary school teacher for a long time, and
graduated from Gazi Institute of Education, Department of Literature in 1938.
Afterwards, he worked as teacher at schools, as a member of the Constitutional
Assembly after 27 May and a deputy for a time (1962-65). His articles were published
in the newspapers that were published in Ankara and İzmir from 1936. He wrote
anecdotes for the review Tercüman
with the title Merhaba until his
death.
WORKS:
POETRY: Köpüklü Deniz (The Foamy Sea, 1933).
NOVEL: Yağız Atlı (The Black Horseman, 1943), Kösem Sultan (Kösem Sultan, 1943), Turhan Sultan (Turhan Sultan, 1944), Korsan Yuvarı (The Cell of Pirates, 1946), Diri Gömülenler (Ones that Were Buried Alive, 1947).
STUDY-RESEARCH: Şimalî Kafkasya (North Caucasus, 1942), Atatürk'ten Altın Yapraklar (The Golden
Pages from Atatürk, 1943), Osmanlı
Devletinde Tarihî Fırtınalar (Historical Storms in Ottoman Empire, 1943), Mithat Paşa (Mithat Paşa, 1948), Türkiye' nin Kaderi (The Fate of Turkey,
1965), Hz. Nuh ve Tufan (Noah and the
Flood, 1966), Hz. Adem ve Havva (Esteemed
Adam and Eve, 1966), Türkiye'ye Güçler (Forces
for Turkey, 1966).
