Writer and
publisher (b. 1879, Tulcea / Romania – d. 12 June 1963, İstanbul). He was also
known by the pen name Tüccarzâde. His family migrated to İstanbul in 1883 and
he completed his education at a local school. After trying various jobs, he
started his career as a journalist on the newspaper İkdam in 1895 and then after worked for the newspapers Vakit and Tasvir-i Efkâr. He founded
the Kitaphane-i İslam Publishing House in 1896.
He published the newspaper Millet in 1908, the weekly humor review Boşboğaz Güllabi with Ahmet Rasim and
Hüseyin Rahmi and the weekly review Ordu
ve Donanma. He published the books of many famous writers of his era at his
publishing house, the name of which he changed to Kitaphane-i Hilmi and later
as Hilmi Publishing House. After his death, the publishing house was closed.
WORKS:
PLAY: Aşk ile Zafer Arasında Yakup ve Roziya (Yakup and Roziya Between Love and Victory,
1930).
SHORT STUDY: Tasfiye-i Lisana Muhtaç mıyız? (Do we Need Purification in
Language?, 1911), Zavallı Millet (The Poor Nation, 1912), Milletin Hataları (Faults of the Nation, 1912), Maarifimiz ve Servet-i İlmiyemiz (Our Education System and the Wealth of
Science, 1913), Türkiye Uyan (Wake Up Turkey, 1913), Avrupalılaşmak (Being European, 1916), Balkan Harbinde Neden Münhezim Olduk
(Why were We Defeated in the Balkan Wars, 1913).
He also translated from English and
wrote many textbooks.
