Playwright (b. 1874, İstanbul – d. 6 March 1935, Ankara). He was a graduate of
Galatasaray High School. He worked in several positions as a civil servant. He
retired when he was the Account Manager of the Quarantine Administration. In
his later years, he was also the stage director of the Ankara Community Center,
along with his official duties.
He was elected to the executive board of the İstanbul
Municipal City Theater at its second establishment in 1915. He published a humor
magazine called Kelebelek with Mahmut Yesari and Reşat Nuri Güntekin. He
was known for the comedies he wrote and adapted between the years 1919 and
1922.
WORKS (Play):
Ceza Kanunu (Penal
Code, 1924), Dört Cihan, Nurbaba (Four Worlds, Nurbaba, 1924), Hisse-i
Şayia (A Share of the Rumor, 1930), Şer’iye Mahkemesinde (In the
Fictional Court, 1933), Belkıs (Belkıs, 1934), Himmet’in Oğlu (Son of Himmet, 1934), Son Altes
(The Last Highness, 1934).
His plays Yegâne Odalık (The Only Concubine), Lokmanzâde
Sekizinci (Lokmanzâde the Eighth), Zuhal Burcunda (In the Saturn
Zodiac Sign), all staged between the years 1919 and 1922 but were not
published.
