Ömer Seyfettin

Ömer Seyfettin
150px Ömer Seyfettin
Born	(1884-03-11)March 11, 1884 Kahta, Ottoman Empire
Died	March 6, 1920(1920-03-06) Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Occupation	Author, teacher, military officer
Nationality	Turkish

Ömer Seyfettin, also Omer Seyfeddin, (March 11, 1884, Gonen – March 6, 1920, Istanbul) was a Turkish nationalist writer from late 19th to early 20th century, considered to be one of the greatest modern Turkish authors. His work is much praised for simplifying the Turkish language from the Persian and Arabic words and phrases that were common at the time.

Biography

Ömer Seyfettin was born in Kahta, a town in Balıkesir Province, to a Circassian family in 1884. Son of a military official, he spent his early life travelling around the coast of Marmara Sea. He graduated from a military veterinary academy in 1896, followed by a prolonged military education that lasted until the 1903 events in Macedonia.

After serving in the conflict as infantry second lieutenant, he was posted as an instructor in a military school in İzmir. This position was an opportunity for Seyfettin to improve his French, and interact with like-minded young writers.

Books

• Ashâb-ı Kehfimiz (1918)
• Efruz Bey (1919)
• Yalnız Efe (1919)
• Yarınki Turan Devleti

Story

• Harem (1918)
• Yüksek Ökçeler (1922)
• Gizli Mabed (1923)
• Beyaz Lale (1938)
• Asilzâdeler (1938)
• İlk Düşen Ak (1938)
• Mahçupluk İmtihanı (1938)
• Dalga (1943)
• Nokta (1956)
• Tarih Ezelî Bir Tekerrürdür (1958)
• KAŞAĞI

Notes

• Ömer Seyfettin’in Şiirleri (1972) (Translates as; Poems written by Ömer Seyfettin.)

See also

• Turkish literature

References

• Encyclopædia Britannica Online – Biography of Omer Seyfeddin
• Biyografi.info – Biography of Ömer Seyfettin (Turkish)

External links

• Ömer Seyfettin at the Internet Movie Database
• Nationality and Religion: Three Observations From Ömer Seyfettin
• Ömer Seyfettin's Response to 1909 Uprising