Writer (b. 1897, Edirne – d.
25 April 1976, Ankara). He also used the pen names Demir, Kadri Osman, Süreyya
and Şaziye Osman. He graduated from high school and Teacher Training School in
Edirne. He worked as a teacher in Azerbaijan during the national conflict in
Turkey (1919-20). In Moscow he completed his higher education by attending the
Eastern University, School of Economics and Social Sciences (1923). He was
arrested on his return to Turkey because of his political activities (1925). He
started working for the government when he was released. After working as the
manager of the Commercial High School in Ankara for a while (1928-37), then he
worked as an administrator in several state institutions.
In his political inclination at first he
leaned towards Turanism (1915) then Marxism and finally a synthesis of Marxism
and Kemalist ideas. He featured with other Kemalist theorists with his books
and articles in the famous Kadro review that he published with Vedat
Nedim Tör, Yakup Kadri, Burhan Belge and others. He is known for his
biographies in which he wrote about the political developments during the lives
of Atatürk and İsmet İnönü.
WORKS:
BIOGRAPHIC-NOVEL: Suyu
Arayan Adam (The Man Looking for Water, his own life, 1961) Tek Adam
(The First Man, the Life of Atatürk, 3 volumes, 1963-65), İkinci Adam
(The Second Man, the Life of İsmet İnönü, 3 volumes, 1966-68), Toprak
Uyanırsa (If the Land Wakes Up, novel, 1963), Menderes’in Dramı (The
Drama of Menderes, 1969), Makedonya’dan Ortaasya’ya Enver Paşa, (Enver
Paşa from Macedonia to Middle Asia, 3 volumes, 1970-72)
ESSAY-RESEARCH: Lenin ve
Leninizm (Lenin and Leninism, 1924), Grev Nedir (What is a Strike,
1924), Cihan İktisadiyatında Türkiye (Turkey in World Economics, 1931), Halk
İçin Ekonomi Bilgisi (Economic Knowledge for the People, 1932), İnkılap
ve Kadro (Revolution and Cadre, 1932), İhtilalin Mantığı ve 27 Mayıs
İhtilali (Logic of the Revolution and the 27 May Revolution, 1973), Kahramanlar
Doğmalıydı (Heroes Must Have Been
Born, 1974), Kırmızı Mektuplar ve Son Yazıları (The Red Letters and the
Last Article, 1979).
REFERENCE: Şevket Süreyya Aydemir / İnkılâp ve Kadro (1932) - Suyu Arayan Adam (1959), Şevket Süreyya ile Kadro Dergisi Üzerine (söyleşi, Yön, 20 Haziran 1962), George Haris / Türkiye’de Komünizmin Kaynakları (1975), Hikmet Özdemir / Kalkınmanın Bir Stateji Arayışı Yön Hareketi (1986), İhsan Işık / Yazarlar Sözlüğü (1990, 1998) - Türkiye Yazarlar Ansiklopedisi (2001, 2004) – Encyclopedia of Turkish Authors (2005) - Resimli ve Metin Örnekli Türkiye Edebiyatçılar ve Kültür Adamları Ansiklopedisi (2007, 2009) - Ünlü Fikir ve Kültür Adamları (Türkiye Ünlüleri Ansiklopedisi, C. 3, 2013) - Encyclopedia of Turkey’s Fomous People (2013), İgor Lipovsky / The Socialist Movement in Turkey (New York: 1992), Mustafa Türkeş / Kadro Hareketi Ulusçu Sol Bir Akım (1999), İlhan Tekeli - Selim İlkin / Kadrocuları ve Kadro’yu Anlamak (2003).
