Journalist and writer (b. 17 February 1849, İstanbul – d. 27 January 1913, İstanbul). He started in journalism after having worked as a civil servant for a short time. He published the newspapers İbret (1972), Hadika (1872) and Sirac (1873) with Namık Kemal. Ebüzziya Tevfik, who was a member of the Young Ottoman Association, was exiled to Rhodes with Ahmet Mithat Efendi after the incidents that arose after Namık Kemal’s Vatan Yahut Silistre (Country or Boatswain’s Pipe) play in 1873. He returned to İstanbul after the death of Sultan Abdülaziz. He did research in the area publishing in Vienna where he lived during the period of Abdülhamid. He established the Ebüzziya Publishing House after his return to Turkey and published the books of the famous writers of the time such as Namık Kemal, Ziya Paşa, Şinasi, Ahmet Rasim, Recaizade Ekrem and Muallim Naci. He published Mecmua-i Ebuzziya (1880). He was exiled to Konya in 1890 by the Abdülhamit administration on the grounds that he wasn’t suitable for a civil service post. He was elected as Antalya parliamentary deputy (1908) to the parliament that was formed on the announcement of the Second Constitutional Monarchy. Afterwards, he republished the newspaper Tasvir-i Efkâr (1909) and Mecmua-i Ebüzziya. Ebüzziya Tevfik, who prepared compilations and translations on anthology, theater and memoir, is known more for his contributions to publishing and being a famous editor of the time than as a writer.
WORKS:
Ecel-i Kaza (End of the Accident, play, 1872), Nümune-i Edebiyat-ı Osmaniye (Examples from Ottoman Literature, anthology in prose, 1876, 6th Edition, 1913), Kemal Bey'in Tercüme-i Hâli (Interpretation of the Behavior of Mr. Kemal, biography of Namık Kemal, 1908), Lugat-ı Ebüzziya (Dictionary of Ebüzziya, 1st Volume, 1888), Yeni Osmanlılar Tarihi (Modern Ottoman History, 1909, new edition by Ziyad Ebüzziya, 1973-74; simplified by Şemsettin Kutlu, 1973).
REFERENCE: Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar / Unutulmuş Bir Eser (Ülkü, sayı: 1, Birinci Teşrin 1941), İbrahim Alaeddin Gövsa / Türk Meşhurları (s. 109, 1946), Nâmık Kemal’in Mektubları (haz. Ömer Faruk Akün, 1972), Fevziye Abdullah Tansel / “Ebüzziya Tevfik” (İslâm Ansiklopedisi, c. 4, 1977), Ziyad Ebüzziya / TDE Ansiklopedisi (c. 2, 1977), 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 (2006, gen. 2. bas. 2007) - Ünlü Fikir ve Kültür Adamları (Türkiye Ünlüleri Ansiklopedisi, C. 3, 2013) - Encyclopedia of Turkey’s Famous People (2013), TBE Ansiklopedisi (2001), Ahmet Kabaklı / Türk Edebiyatı (c. 3, s. 129-133, 2002), İsmail Parlatır / Büyük Türk Klasikleri (c. 9, 2004).
