Mehmet Vecihî

Novelist (b. 1869, İstanbul – d. 1904). He graduated from the School of Engineering (1891) and became an engineer officer. He worked at the Science Commission of Public Works. He died of a heart attack due to his alcohol addiction when he was promoted to senior captain. His novels that were published in the newspaper İkdam from 1894 were popular among people who didn’t have a wide knowledge of literature. It is accepted that he was a writer who wrote extremely pretentiously, trying to copy Namık Kemal in his novels.

WORKS:

NOVEL: Mihridil (Mihridil, 1895), Mehcûre (Mehcure) (1895), Hikmet (The Wisdom, continuation of Mehcure, 1896), Hürrem Bey (Hürrem Bey, 1896), Sâil (The Beggar) (1896), Malik (The Owner, 1896), Mesude (Mesude, 1896), Müjgan (Müjgan, 1898), Çoban Kızı (Daughter of the Shepherd, 1896), Nedamet (Regret, 1896), Hasbihal (Conversation, 1897), Vuslat (The Reunion, 1898), Sakıp (Sakıp, 1898), Netice Yahut Bir Yetimin Sergüzeşti (The Outcome or Adventure of an Orphan, 1898), Hasta (The Patient, 1899), Feryat (The Scream, 1899), Harabe (The Ruin, 1899), Akif (Akif, 1899), Sevdayı Masumane (Innocent Love) (1900).

SHORT STORY: Halime (Halime, 1898), Hikâye-i Müntahabe Mecmuası (Review of Selected Stories, 5 stories).

RESEARCH: Tesalya Harbi Tarihi (Thessalía War History), Tarih-i İslâm (Islam History).

PLAY: Endülüs (Andalusia, written in verse).