Journalist
and writer (b. 1861, İstanbul – d. 1939, İstanbul). His surname was Özzorluoğlu
and he was the son of Zorluzade Hacı (Aziz) Hüsnü Bey who was a clerk to the
chamberlain. The poet and writer, Halide Nusret Zorlutuna and the poet and
writer, İsmet Kür are his niece and nephew. He received his education by
private tutoring. He learnt Arabic, French, Persian and Italian. He began to
work as a teacher of French in Antep in 1881. Later on he served in various
state posts in Halep and Thessalonica. He served in the Ottoman-Greek War in
1897 as a reporter for the newspaper
WORKS:
TRAVEL LITERATURE-MEMOIR: Devlet-i
Aliyye-i Osmaniye ve Yunan Muharebesi (The Ottoman State and the Greek
War, with Abdullah Zühtü, 1897),
Tesalya'da Bir Cevelan ve Dört Aylık Seyahatim (A Tour in Teselia and My
Four-Month Voyage, 1897).
FOLK STORY and TALE: Şah ile Aşık (The Shah and the Minstrel, 1917), İncili Çavuş (Sergeant with Pearls, 1918), Baba Hasan'ın Sihirbazlığı (The Sorcery of Baba Hasan, Eastern
Tales, 1923), İskender'in Aynası (The
Mirror of Alexander, 1923), Şehzade
Cihangir (The Prince Cihangir, 1923),
Şahreman Hikâyesi (The Shahraman Story/1925, new edition 1931), Bolu Bey'inin Gelini (The Bride of the
Bolu Governor/Turkish Tales, 1925), Arzu
ile Kamber (Arzu and Kamber, 1930),
Asuman ile Zeycan (Asuman and Zeycan, 1930), Ferhat ile Şirin (Ferhat and Şirin, 1930), Derdiyok ile Zülfü Siyah (Derdiyok and Zülfü Siyah, 1930), Hurşit ile Mahmiri (Hurşit and
Mahmiri, 1930), Elif ile Mahmut (Elif
and Mahmut, 1930), Leyla ile Mecnun (Leyla
and Mecnun, 1930), Melek Şah ile Güllü
Hanım (Melek Shah and Güllü Hanım, 1930),
Razmihan ile Mahfiruze (Razmihan and Mahfiruze, 1930), Seyfilmülûk (The Sword of the Sultan, 1930), Köroğlu (Köroğlu, 1930),
Yusuf ile Züleyha (Yusuf and Züleyha, 1930), Avcu Behram (Hunter Behram, 1931), Behmen Şahın Hikâyesi (The Story of Behmen Şah, 1931), Hayber Kalesi Gazası ve Fethi (The
Campaign and Conquest of Hayber Castle, 1931), Mahanın Felaketleri (The Tragedies of Maha, 1931), Çoban Kızı Ayşe (Shepherdess Ayşe,
1931), Sihirbaz Sultan (The Magician
Sultan, 1931), Şah İsmail (Şah
İsmail, 1931), Yemlihanın Karısı (The Wife of Yemliha, 1931), Esirci Şahin (Esirci Şahin,
1931), Veysel Karani Hikâyesi (The
Story of Veysel Karani, 1933), Kerbelâ (Kerbela,
1933), Dürrü Yekta (Dürrü Yekta, 1933), Gül ile Sitemkâr (Gül and Sitemkar, 1933), Tahir ile Zühre (Tahir and Zümre, 1936).
COLLECTION: Âşık
Ömer Divanı (Divan* of Aşık Ömer, 1932), Yunus Emre Divanı (Divan* of Yunus Emre, 1937).
OTHER WORKS:
Kendi Kendine Konservecilik (Preserving Vegetables On Your Own, 1918), Güzel Mektup Numuneleri (Good Examples
of Written Letters, 193?), Letaif Cüzdanı
(Joke Wallet, 1930), Kahraman Katil (The
Heroic Murderer, 1930), Yedi Âlimler (Seven
Wise Men, 1931), Muhiddini Arabi
Ta'birnamesi, (Lexicon of Muhiddini Arabi, with Latin letters, 1932), Yeni Mektup Örnekleri (New Letter
Examples, 1932), Serencam (1933), Vasiyetname (Will, 1933), Hürriyet ve Mahmure, Kamil'ul- Kelam ve
Bânû Cihan (Freedom and Joy, Masters of Writing and the Beauty of the
World, 1997), Tutîname (Book of
Forged Stories, 1997).