Mehmet Bahri (–) was an Ottoman and

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and

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. Bahri was educated at the Sanay-i Nefise Mektebi and was a student of

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. He was close friends with fellow student and sculptor İsa Behzat. After graduating from the Sanay-i Nefise in

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he became the director of the Sanay-i Nefise workshop in

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. He is recognised as one of the first sculptors of

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Work

He was along with Ihsan Özsoy, Isa Behzat and

Mahir Tomruk Mehmet Mahir Tomruk (1885–1949) was a Turkish sculptor who is one of lead figures in pre-Republic sculpture. He is one of the sculptors to be educated in the Sanayi-i Nefise in the time before the foundation of the Turkish Republic where ha ...

, one of the first four students and graduates of the sculpture department at the Sanay-i Nefise Mektebi, and part of the first generation of Turkish sculptures following Osgan Efendi. He is described as a more decorative worker. The newspaper of the Ottoman Painters Society featured Bahris works at the time. He was noted for the detail in his technique which was liked to that of Behzat while also giving an important place to the psychological aspect of the subjects portrayed in his sculpture. On the occasion of the exhibition for the 100th anniversary of the Sanay-i Nefise Mektebi two of Bahris sculptures in particular were noted for their qualities: ''Gülen Adam'' and ''Düşünce''. They "combine an expressive academic understanding with a humorous depiction of emotions". A card infront of ''Gülen Adam'' reads, made in the Ottoman workshop. He continued the tradition of Oskan Efendi.

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