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Sedat Simavi
Sedat Simavi (1896 – 11 December 1953) was a Turkish people, Turkish journalist, writer and film director. He established many newspapers and magazines. Biography Simavi was born in 1896. His grandfather and uncles served in different positions in the office of List of sultans of the Ottoman Empire, Ottoman Sultans. His parents were Halil Hamdi Bey and Aliye Hanım. She was granddaughter of Grand vizier, Grand Vizier Saffet Pasha. Simavi graduated from Galatasaray High School in 1912. In 1916 Simavi started his first publication entitled ''Hande'', a weekly women's magazine. Then he launched a satirical magazine, ''Diken (magazine), Diken'' and another women's magazine ''İnci''. His first daily newspaper was ''Dersaadet'' which was established in 1920. The other papers established by Simavi included ''Payihat'', ''Güleryüz (magazine), Güleryüz'', ''Yedigün'' and ''Resimli Gazete''. Simavi co-founded the Turkish Journalists' Association in 1946, and the ''Hürriyet'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanlıca Cemetery
The Kanlıca Cemetery ( tr, Kanlıca Mezarlığı) is a burial ground located on the Asian part of Istanbul, Turkey. It is administered by the Metropolitan Municipality. Many prominent figures from the world of media and music rest here. Situated on a hillside east of Kanlıca neighborhood of Beykoz district overlooking Bosphorus, it is also known as the "Mihrimah Sultan Cemetery" ( tr, Mihrimah Sultan Mezarlığı) after Mihrimah Sultan (1522–1578), the daughter of Ottoman sultan Suleiman the Magnificent (reigned 1520–1566). Notable burials Listed in alphabetical order of family names: * Kayahan Açar (1949–2015), pop music singer-songwriter. * Barış Manço (1943–1999), rock musician, singer, songwriter, composer, and television producer. * Yaşar Nuri Öztürk (1945–2016), university professor of Islamic theology, Quranist Muslim, lawyer, columnist and a former member of Turkish parliament. * Sedat Simavi (1896–1953), journalist, writer and film director. Ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1916
Events Below, the events of the First World War have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 1 – The British Royal Army Medical Corps carries out the first successful blood transfusion, using blood that had been stored and cooled. * January 9 – WWI: Gallipoli Campaign: The last British troops are evacuated from Gallipoli, as the Ottoman Empire prevails over a joint British and French operation to capture Constantinople. * January 10 – WWI: Erzurum Offensive: Russia defeats the Ottoman Empire. * January 12 – The Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony, part of the British Empire, is established in present-day Tuvalu and Kiribati. * January 13 – WWI: Battle of Wadi: Ottoman Empire forces defeat the British, during the Mesopotamian campaign in modern-day Iraq. * January 29 – WWI: Paris is bombed by German zeppelins. * January 31 – WWI: An attack is planned on Verdun, France. February * February 9 – 6.00 p.m. – Tristan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1953
Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 ** Marshal Josip Broz Tito is chosen President of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia. ** The Central Intelligence Agency, CIA-sponsored Robertson Panel first meets to discuss the Unidentified flying object, UFO phenomenon. * January 15 – Georg Dertinger, foreign minister of East Germany, is arrested for spying. * January 19 – 71.1% of all television sets in the United States are tuned into ''I Love Lucy'', to watch Lucy give birth to Little Ricky, which is more people than those who tune into Dwight Eisenhower's inauguration the next day. This record has yet to be broken. * January 20 – Dwight D. Eisenhower is First inauguration of Dwight D. Eisenhower, sworn in as the 34th President of the United States. * January 24 ** Mau Mau Upr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
11 December
Events Pre-1600 * 220 – Emperor Xian of Han is forced to abdicate the throne by Cao Cao's son Cao Pi, ending the Han dynasty. * 361 – Julian enters Constantinople as sole Roman Emperor. * 861 – Assassination of the Abbasid caliph al-Mutawakkil by the Turkish guard, who raise al-Muntasir to the throne, start of the "Anarchy at Samarra". * 969 – Byzantine Emperor Nikephoros II Phokas is assassinated by his wife Theophano and her lover, the later Emperor John I Tzimiskes. * 1041 – Michael V, adoptive son of Empress Zoë of Byzantium, is proclaimed emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire. *1282 – Battle of Orewin Bridge: Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, the last native Prince of Wales, is killed at Cilmeri near Builth Wells in mid-Wales. 1601–1900 *1602 – A surprise attack by forces under the command of Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, and his brother-in-law, Philip III of Spain, is repelled by the citizens of Geneva. (Commemorated annually by t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
