Journalist and
playwright (b. 1835, Kayseri
- d. 1905, İstanbul). He came to İstanbul on the death of his father and
attended Kuruçeşme
Greek Primary
School. During his school years, he worked as
apprentice to a Greek merchant, a fellow countryman. After the Crimean war, he
went to Paris
with the help of a French army officer. After he returned, he gave French
lectures. He published the humor magazine Diyojen
first in Greek, then in French and finally in Turkish. When Diyojen was closed down, he published
other humor magazines Çıngıraklı Tatar (1873),
Hayal (1873) and a daily political
newspaper İstikbal (1870-73). He was
sentenced because of his articles and fled to Europe
(1877), after he returned he was appointed as the Palace Librarian. His comedies
were adapted from Molière.
WORKS (Plays):
Pinti Hamit (Miserly Hamit, 1873, simplified by
Cevdet Kudret, 1965), Para Mesleği (Money
Job, 1875), İşkilli Memo (Suspicious
Memo, 1875).
He also did
translations.
REFERENCE: Cevdet
Perin / Tanzimat Edebiyatında Fransız Tesiri (1946), Cevdet Kudret / Edebiyat
Kapısı (1997), TDE Ansiklopedisi (c. 8, 1998), Yaşamları ve Yapıtlarıyla
Osmanlı Ansiklopedisi (c. 2, 1999), TBE Ansiklopedisi (c. 2, 2001), Abdullah
Satoğlu / Kayseri Ansiklopedisi (2002), İhsan Işık / Resimli ve Metin
Örnekli Türkiye Edebiyatçılar ve Kültür Adamları Ansiklopedisi (2. bas., 2009).
