Statesman and writer (b. 1870, İstanbul – d. 1934). He graduated
from Mülkiye Mektebi (School of Political Sciences) and İzmir English
Commercial School. He educated himself and learned French, Latin, Ancient
Greek, Arabian and Persian. He studied agriculture in Germany. After various
posts and teaching at high schools in İstanbul, he established the
newspaper Tanin with his friends in 1908. He was the
Lieutenant Governor of Samsun, Thessalonica and Aleppo. He was elected to
parliament as the Saruhan (Manisa) deputy in 1912. He was sent back to his
office as the Lieutenant Governor in Thessalonica by the Union and Progress
administration. He settled in Beirut (1914) after being annoyed with the Union
and Progress administration for the loss of Rumelia in the Balkan War and he
started to prepare Büyük Türk Lügatı (Big Turkish Dictionary).
He was elected to parliament as the Aydın deputy during the years of the
Armistice. He worked as the Vice Chairman of Parliament and Minister of
Commerce, Agriculture and Foundations in the Tevfik Paşa cabinet (1921). He was
on the commission that was organized to resolve the conflicts with the Ankara
government under the administration of Müşir Ahmed İzzed Paşa during the years
of the National Struggle. He lived at his mansion in Beylerbeyi when he
resigned from politics after having worked again as a minister for a while. He
is buried in Küplüce Cemetery in Beylerbeyi.
Hüseyin Kazım Kadri used the pen name Şeyh Muhsin-i Fani in his religious
works and his articles on language, religion, philosophy, economy and politics
were published in reviews and newspapers such as Tanin, İkdam,
İçtihad and Servet-i Fünûn.
WORKS:
Hak ve Hakikat (God and the Truth, 1909), Felaha Doğru (Towards
Salvation, 1921), İstikbale Doğru (Towards Future, under the
pen name Şeyh Muhsin-i Fâni, 1913), İslâmın Avrupa'ya Son Sözü (The
Last Word of Islam to Europe, 1913; new edition, 1999), Yirminci Asırda
İslâmiyet (Islam in the Twentieth Century, 1913), Arnavutlar
Ne Yaptı? (What did the Albanians Do?, 1914), Çar Nikola'ya
Açık Mektup (An Open Letter to Tsar Nicholas, 1915), 10 Temmuz
İnkılabı ve Netâyici (10th July Revolution and Its Causes,
1920), Mahdum Kulu Divanı ve Yedi Asırlık Türkçe Bir Manzume (Complete
Works of Mahdum Kulu and a Seventh Century Turkish Poem, 1924), Nûru'l-Beyan (Explanation
of the Koran, with Gaziantepli Mustafa Efendi, 1924), Tarih Hatıraları (History
Memoirs, 1930), Gazi Mustafa Kemal, Bir Milletin Ba'sü Badelmevti (Gazi
Mustafa Kemal, Rebirth of a Nation, 1932), Büyük Türk Lügati (Big
Turkish Dictionary, with Arabic letters I: 1927, II: 1928, with Latin letters
III: 1943, IV: 1945, edition by the Turkish Language Association), İnsan
Hakları Beyannamesi'nin İslâm Hukukuna Göre İzahı (The Explanation of
the Declaration of Human Rights with Respect to Islamic Law, 1949), Ziya
Gökâlp'ın Tenkidi (Critique of Ziya Gökâlp, edited by İsmail Kara,
1989), Meşrutiyetten Cumhuriyete Hatıralarım (Memoirs from
Constitution Monarchy to Republic, edited by, İsmail Kara, 1991).
REFERENCE: Osman Nuri Ergin / Osmanlı
Şehreminleri (1927), Türk Ansiklopedisi (c. 19, 1943-1986), İbrahim Alâeddin Gövsa
/ Türk Meşhurları (1945), Server İskit / Aylık Ansiklopedi (seri: 2, sayı: 1,
Temmuz 1949), M. Şakir Ülkütaşır (Türk Dili Dergisi, Şubat 1952),
Meydan-Larousse (c. 6-7, 1969-73), Nurettin Albayrak / TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi
(c. 18, 1998), Şükran Kurdakul / Şairler ve Yazarlar Sözlüğü (gen. 6. bas.
1999), TDOE –TDE Ansiklopedisi (c. 5, 2004), İhsan Işık / Resimli ve
Metin Örnekli Türkiye Edebiyatçılar ve Kültür Adamları Ansiklopedisi (2006,
2007) - Ünlü Fikir ve Kültür Adamları (Türkiye Ünlüleri Ansiklopedisi, C. 3,
2013) - Encyclopedia of Turkey’s Famous People (2013).
