Writer (b. 1906, İstanbul – d. 1985).
He graduated from Kumkapı French School and Galatasaray High School. After
having worked as a translator in a French bank, he joined the Turkish Language
Association in 1983 and was involved in dictionary preparation.
Develioğlu, who is known for his
dictionary works, especially Osmanlıca-Türkçe
Ansiklopedik Lûgat (Ottoman-Turkish Encyclopedic Dictionary, 1962) that
comprises sixty thousand words, also wrote about language in various newspapers
and reviews.
WORKS:
Fransızca-Türkçe Sözlük (French- Turkish Dictionary, 1937), Türk Argosu Sözlüğü (Dictionary of Turkish Slang, 1941), Osmanlıca-Türkçe Küçük Lûgat (Ottoman- Turkish Small Dictionary, 1949), Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat (Ottoman- Turkish Encyclopedic Dictionary, 1962), Osmanlıca-Türkçe Okullar Yazışma Sözlüğü (Ottoman- Turkish School Dictionary for Correspondence, 1964), Ansiklopedik Lügat (Encyclopedic Dictionary, 1970), En Yeni Okul Sözlüğü (The Latest School Dictionary, 1972), Onikibin Kelimelik Türkçe Sözlük (Turkish Dictionary with Twelve Thousand Words, 1972), En Yeni Büyük Türkçe Sözlük (The Latest Grand Turkish Dictionary, 1975).