Hüseyin Rahmi Gürpınar (August 17, 1864 – March 8, 1944) was a
Turkish writer, civil servant, and politician.
Biography
Born in
Istanbul
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, Gürpınar was the son of a family close to the
Ottoman court. Having lost his mother at an early age, he was sent to
Crete
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where his father was an Ottoman civil servant. However, he was soon sent back to Istanbul where he was brought up by his aunts and grandmothers in Constantinople.
Gürpınar started writing fiction at an early age. He became a civil servant, then a writer and journalist. He later served as a member of the parliament in the early years of the
Turkish Republic
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between 1935 and 1943.
Selected books
* "''Şık''" (1889)
* "''İffet''" (1896)
* "''Metres''" (1900)
* "''Tesadüf''" (1900)
* "''Şıpsevdi''" (1911)
* "''Nimetşinas''" (1911)
* "''Kuyruklu Yıldız Altında Bir İzdivaç''" (1912)
* "''Gulyabani''" (1913)
* "''Hakka Sığındık''" (1919)
* "''Efsuncu Baba''" (1924)
* "''Evlere Şenlik, Kaynanam Nasıl Kudurdu''" (1927)
* "''Namusla Açlık Meselesi''" (1933)
* "''Utanmaz Adam''" (1934)
* "''İki Hödüğün Seyahati''" (1934)
* "''Gönül Ticareti''" (1939)
* "''Melek Sanmıştım Şeytanı''" (1943)
* "''Dirilen İskelet''" (1946)
* "''Deli Filozof''" (1964)
* "''Kaderin Cilvesi''" (1964)
* "''Namuslu Kokotlar''" (1973)
* "''Shikure Babezu''" (1974)
* Odevara.com
Gulyabani Hüseyin Rahmi Gürpınar* Bilgilik.com
* Edebiyatogretmeni.net
1864 births
1944 deaths
Writers from Istanbul
Republican People's Party (Turkey) politicians
Deputies of Kütahya
Novelists from the Ottoman Empire
Turkish novelists
Turkish magazine founders
Members of the 8th Parliament of Turkey
Members of the 7th Parliament of Turkey
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