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Author. There is no sufficient information about his life. He lived during the Tanzimat era. His story book  Müsâmeretnâme (1871, 1872, 1873, 1875) which consists of twelve volumes is considered as the first piece in Turkish literature as a story. The simplified version of Müsâmeretnâme was published under the name Gece Hikâyeleri (Tercüman 1001 Temel Eser dizisi, 1973). Müsâmeretnâme means “night meetings” and it is formed by a group of friends telling each other stories. P. N. Boratav compares them with Decameron; Tanpınar compares with eastern narration traditions; and Cevdet Kudret considers those as a mixture of east and west.

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These stories and their publication dates: Binbaşı Rıfat Bey’in Sergüzeşti (1871), Kapı Kethüdası Behçet Efendi ile Makbule Hanım’ın Sergüzeşti (1872), Bir Osmanlı Kaptanın Bir İngiliz Kızı ile Vukû Bulan Sergüzeşti (1872), Gerdanlık Hikâyesi (1873), Vasfi Bey ile Mukaddes Hanım’ın Sergüzeşti (1873), Faik Bey ile Nûridil Hanım’ın Sergüzeşti (1875), İhsan Hanım Yahut Atiye Hanım’ın Sergüzeşti (1875).

REFERENCE: Beş Eser (HÜ Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, October 1999, Osmanlı’nın 700. Yılı Özel Sayısı), Salih Okumuş / İlk Hikâyecilerimizden Emin Nihad Bey ve Müsâmeretnâme Adlı Eseri Üzerine Bir İnceleme (Afyon Kocatepe Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, May 1999), İhsan Işık (TEKAA, 2009).

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