Novelist, researcher and writer (b. 1883,
İstanbul – d. 1959). He also used the pen names Hüseyin Servet, M. Ziya, Hamid
Nuri, Bahtiyar, Emekligil and Abdülmüheymin. He completed his education in Aleppo where he attended Vefa High School.
He discontinued his study of law and he worked for various newspapers some of
which he printed himself. He was among the members of the Committee of the
Revolution and the Committee of Union and Progress. He suffered restrictions
because of his writing and escaped to Egypt, and was exiled to Sinop. He
voluntarily joined the Balkan War and the War of Independence. After the
proclamation of Republic he worked as a manager for Tekel.
His poems were published in reviews such as İrtika, Terakki, Edep, Mecmua-i İnkilap,
Musavver Fen etc. and in newspapers such as Hak, Son Posta, Yeni Gün, Tan, Son Telgraf, İkdam, Son Posta, Yeni Gün, Tan, Son Telgraf, Kitap, Vatan
and in the newspapers which he edited including Ertuğrul (Bursa), Hanımlara
Mahsus Gazete and Çocuklara Mahsus Gazete. In addition he
wrote screenplays. His screenplay, Allah’ın
Cenneti (The Paradise of God), was
filmed by the famous director Muhsin Ertuğrul in 1939.
WORKS:
NOVEL: Allah’ın
Cenneti (The Paradise of God, 1940), Aşk
Hasreti (Nostalgia of Love, 1943),
Macera Peşinde (Looking for Adventure, 1943), Yere Batan Cinayeti (The Basilica Cistern Murder, 1943), Şark Yıldızı Selma (Selma, The Orient
Star, 1944), Kiralık Kalp (Heart for Rent, 1944), Sadullah Ağa (Sadullah Ağa of the Manor, 1944) Asrî Bakireler
(Modern Virgins, 1945), Beyaz Kelebek
(The White Butterfly, 1945), Bir Tangonun
Romanı (The Novel of a Tango, 1945), Büyük
Macera (The Great Adventure, 1945), İhanetin
Cezası (The Punishment of Betrayal, 1945).
RESEARCH-COLLECTION: Kerbela’nın İntikamı: Türk Kahramanı Ebâ Müslim (The
Revenge of Kerbela: Eba Müslim A Turkish Hero, 1933), Atatürk: Doğumundan, Cumhuriyetin
On Beşinci Yıldönümüne Kadar (Atatürk: From His Birth to the 15th
Anniversary of the Republic, 1938), Mezhepler
Tarihi: Şiilik – Sünnilik – Alevilik – Kızılbaşlık Ne Demektir ve Nasıl Çıktı?
(History of Sects: What does Shiite, Sunnite, Alawite and Kızılbaş Mean? 1938),
İsmet İnönü’nün Hayatı (The Life of
İsmet İnönü, 1939), Nasreddin Hoca’nın
Hayatı ve Hikâyeleri (The Life and Tales of Nasreddin Hoca, 1939), Kerbelâ
Vak’ası (The Event of Karbala, 1942), Yakın
Tarihin Üç Büyük Adamı: Talat, Enver Cemal Paşalar (Three Major
Personalities of Recent History: General Talat, Enver and Cemal, 1943), Hazreti Muhammed: Hususi, İçtimai ve İlmi
Hayatı (The Prophet Muhammad: His Private, Social and Scientific Life,
1943), Battal Gazi (Battal Gazi,
1943), İkinci Sultan Hamid: Şahsiyeti ve Hususiyetleri (Sultan
Abdulhamid II: His Personality and Characteristics, 1943), Selçuk Sarayında Ömer Hayyam’ın Hayatı ve Maceraları (The Life and
Adventures of Omar Khayyam at the Seljukian Palace, 1943), Bektaşi Nefes ve Mersiyeleri (Bektaşi Sayings and Elegies, 1943), Sultan Hamid ve Mikado (Sultan Hamid and
the Mikado, 1943), Sultan Hamid’in Son
Günleri (The Last Days of Sultan Hamid, 1943), Yarım Asır Evvel İdare Edenler (The Ones Who Administered Us Half a
Century Ago, 1943), Timurlenk ve Üç Boz
Atlı (Timurlenk and the Three Gray Horseman, 1943), 1914 Cihan Harbine Nasıl Girdik (How Did We
Join World War 1914, 1943), 1914-1918 Cihan Harbini Nasıl İdare Ettik (How Did We Manage in World War
1914-1918, 1944), Osmanlı Saraylarında
Cinci Hoca (The Demon Preacher in the Ottoman Palaces, 1944), Davut ile Bat Şeva (David and Bathsheba,
1944), Osmanlı İmparatorluğunda Maktul
Vezirler (Murdered Viziers in the Ottoman Empire, 1944), Tarihten Korkmayanlar (Ones Who Don’t
Fear History, 1944), Yusuf ile Züleyha
(Yusuf and Züleyha, 1944), Sultan
Hamid’in Gizli Siyaseti (The Secret Policy of Sultan Hamid, 1945), Nuri Demirağ Kimdir? (Who is Nuri
Demirağ, 1947), Hz. Ali ve Öğütleri
(The Esteemed Ali and His Advice, 1950), Osmanlı
İmparatorluğu’nun İlk Türk Şeyhülİslâmı Molla Fenâri (Molla Fenâri, the
First Turkish Grand Mufti of the Ottoman Empire, 1951), Celâl Bayar: Hayatı ve Eserleri (Celal Bayar: His Life and Works,
1952), Büyük Türk Kahramanı Seyyid Battal
Gazi’nin Efsanevi Maceraları (The
Legendary Adventures of the Great Turkish Hero Seyyid Battal Gazi, 1953), Türkiye Cumhurbaşkanı Celâl Bayar’ın
Yunanistan Seyahat Hatıraları (The Memoirs of Turkish President Celal
Bayar’s Travel to Greece, 1953), Türkiye
Cumhurbaşkanı Celâl Bayar’ın Yugoslavya Seyahat Hatıraları (The Memoirs of
Turkish President Celal Bayar’s Travel to Yugoslavia, 1953), Büyük Türk İnkilabı (The Great Turkish
Revolution, 1956), Tanzimat Devrinden
Sonra Osmanlı Nizam Ordusu Tarihi (The History of the Ottoman Regular Army
After the Tanzimat Era, 1957), Mahmut
Şevket Paşa (Mahmut Şevket Paşa, 1957), Hazreti
Hatice (Esteemed Hatice, 1958), Hazreti
Fatıma (Esteemed Fatima), Hazreti
Hamza (The Esteemed Hamza), Haliç ve
Eyüp Sultan (The Golden Horn and Eyüp Sultan, 1959).
