Mehmed Ali Nazima

Dil Bilimci, Eğitimci, Yazar

Eğitim
Mekteb-i Mülkiye (Faculty of Political Sciences)
Diğer İsimler
Mehmed Ali, Ali Nazîmâ

Academician, linguist, writer (B. 1861, Istanbul – D. 1935, Istanbul). The writer's real name was Mehmed Ali, however, he was known with his signature, Ali Nazîmâ, which he used in his works. He took Yiğit as his surname after the surname law. He was son of Dr. Lt. Ahmet Servet Bey, who was one of the founders of Hilâliahmer, (T.N. the Turkish Red Crescent). He was also the brother of İbrâhim Süreyyâ Yiğit, who was a widely known figure at the time of the Independence War. He was from an Abkhazian family, who had immigrated to Ottoman Empire during the Caucasian-Russia Wars. After having completed his primary and secondary education in Üsküdar, he was accepted to the Galatasaray High School. After having graduated from high school, he studied in the Mekteb-i Mülkiye (T. N. Faculty of Political Sciences) for two years. In 1881, he was appointed to Galatasaray High School as a Turkish and Arabic teacher. Between 1885 and 1893, in addition to the formerly mentioned job, he taught French in Mekteb-i Mülkiye. In 1888, he founded a private school so called Mekteb-i Edeb with Necib Bey one of the imperial teachers. In this school, Arabic and Persian were taught. Well-known academicians of that time like Mehmed Zihni Efendi, Muallim Feyzi Efendi and Muallim Nâci also gave lessons in this private school. Zihni Efendi and Muallim Nâci, prepared the text book, Mekteb-i Edeb, during the years when they worked there. Upon Necib Bey's death and Ali Nazîmâ's appointment to the Investigation of Written Works Committee, the school locked the doors in 1890.

In 1894, Ali Nazîmâ quit his job in Galatasaray High School and was appointed to the Aşiret Mektebi (T.N. The school of tribes) as the principal. After a short period, he was appointed to the Mekteb-i Mülkiye as the vice principal. Besides teaching French in this school, he taught French and Translation Methods in Mercan Secondary School (1900). He was also the vice principal in Dârülfünun Ulûm-i Tıbbîiyye ve Dîniyye Branch (T.N. Istanbul University's Medical and Religious Branch) (1895) and he taught French in Dârülmuallimîn (T.N. Teacher’s High School) and Vefa High School (1906) from time to time. At the very beginning of 1909, he resigned from his job as the vice principal in the Mekteb-i Mülkiye. In the same year, he was appointed to Istanbul University's (Dârülfünun) Philology department as teacher of Turkish Language. He was also appointed to the School of Cadastre as the principal. Upon the closure of the School of Cadastre, and removal of his lessons in Istanbul University, he became unemployed. After a period, he was appointed to newly founded İnâs Ottoman University as the principal. He was also appointed as the teacher of Kavânîn-i Câriye (T.N. Law of Bondswoman). (1916). In 1919, he was assigned to the membership of Ministry of National Education, the Commission of Copyrights and Translation and he was appointed to Nişantaşı High School as the principal and French teacher in 1921. In 1924, he became the common French teacher of Davutpaşa and Gaziosmanpaşa secondary schools. In 1925, he retired because of the age limit. After that, he taught Turkish in Amerikan Kız ve Erkek Colleges and the St. Benoit High School. He also gave French lessons in Üsküdar Composite Secondary School.

In 1925, Ali Nazîmâ was rewarded with the "Award of Honor" by Istanbul Teachers Association and took his place among eight teachers and mudarrises who received this award.

MAIN WORKS:

Mükemmel Osmanlı Lügati (with Fâik Reşad, 1320), Lugat-ı Nazîmâ (1901), Lugat-ı Tefeyyüz (1910), Mini Mini Lugat-ı Tefeyyüz (1912), Çukulata (1309), Çay (1309), Mükellim (Translated from Ahn, 1303), Nevâbigu'l-kelîm (Translated from Zemahşerî, 1303), Yeni Müntehabât-ı Gülistan (Translated from Sa'dî-i Şîrâzî, 1326), Muhtasar Yeni Hesab, Nasihat-ı Hükema, Muhtasar Lisan-ı Osmani, Haritalı Küçük Tarih-i Osmanî.

REFERENCE: Hüse­yin Namık Orkun / Ali Nazîmâ Bey (Milli Mec­mua, sy. 9, s. 139-140, 1340), İbrahim Alaeddin Gövsa / Türk Meşhurları (1946), Ali Çanka­ya / Yeni Mülkiye Tarihi ve Mülkiyeliler (1968), A. Fidarok / İçimizden Birkaç İsim (Kafkasya Gerçeği, sayı: 3, s. 25, 1991), Sefer E. Berzeg / Kafkasya Diasporası’nda Edebiyatçılar ve Yazarlar Sözlüğü (1995), Nuyan Yiğit / Atatürk’le Otuz Yıl İbrahim Süreyya Yiğit'in Öyküsü (s. 14-18, 2004), Alim Kahraman/ TDV İslam Ansiklopedisi (C. 32, s.453,454, 2006), İhsan Işık / Resimli ve Metin Örnekli Türkiye Edebiyatçılar ve Kültür Adamları Ansiklopedisi (2006, 2007) - Ünlü Fikir ve Kültür Adamları (Türkiye Ünlüleri Ansiklopedisi, C. 3, 2013) - Encyclopedia of Turkey’s Famous People (2013).

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