Poet, historian and writer of
historical novels (b. 1879, İstanbul – d. 1958). His surname was Seyfioğlu and
he also wrote under the pen name Ali Rıza. He was the brother of Süleyman
Nutki, a naval history writer. He attended the Kasımpaşa Naval Elementary
School. He served at various posts in Basra, with the fleet in the Dardanelles,
at the Naval Science Commission and at Tripoli as a naval officer after 1892.
He started to work at the General Staff, Naval Department Translation Office
with his teacher and the famous Turkist Miralay Saffet Bey in 1906.
He started to work on his naval history
research in 1909 when he retired with the rank of lieutenant. After the
invasion of İstanbul, he moved to Ankara with his family and worked as an
English translator at the Press Department. He became head of the branch office
of the Shipping Chamber of Commerce in İstanbul to where he returned in 1926.
His articles and poems were published in newspapers and reviews such as Şehbâl, Tasvir-i Efkar, Donanma, Sabah, etc.
WORKS:
POETRY: Muazzez Vatana (For the Beloved Country, 1913).
HISTORICAL NOVEL: Hayat-ı Alûde (Complicated Life, 1900), Kazıklı Voyvoda (Dracula, 1928), Deli Aslan (The Mad Lion, 1933), Çocuk Kahraman Durakoğlu Demir (The
Hero Kid Durakoğlu Demir, 1934),
Bozkırların Kurtları (The Wolves of the Steppes, 1935), Bayram Reis (Bayram Reis, 1935).
STUDY-RESEARCH: Muharebâtı
Bahriye-i Osmaniye Zeyli (Appendices to the Ottoman Navy Wars, 1899), Turgut Reis (Turgut Reis, 1899), Çanakkale Boğazı (Dardanelles, 1900), Kemal Reis ve Baba Oruç (Kemal Reis ve Baba Oruç, 1909), Barbaros Hayrettin (Barbaros Hayrettin, 1910), Kırım Harbi'nde Kars Niçin Düştü? (Why Did Kars Fall in the
Crimean War, 1913), Kafkasya'nın Ruslar
Tarafından İstilası Tarihi (The History of the Invasion of Caucasus by the
Russians, 1917), Gazi ve İnkılap (Atatürk
and the Revolution, 1933), İskitler ve
İskitler Hakkında Heredot'un Verdiği Bilgiler (The Scythians and
Information on the Scythians Given by Herodot, 1934), Kurtuluş ve Kurtuluş Savaşı Üzerindeki Yazılarım (My Articles on
Independence and the Independence War, 1934),
Attlee (Attlee, 1945), Türklük Demek
Kahramanlık Demektir (Being a Turk Means Being a Hero, 1940).