Osman Cemal Kaygılı ( tr, Osman Cemal Kaygılı) (4 October 1890, in

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– 9 January 1945) was

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writer and journalist. He started writing at ''Eşek''Eşek magazine in 1910. In 1925 he started teaching

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at ''Istanbul Imam Hatip school''İstanbul İmam Hatip Okulu and later at ''Çemberlitaş Boys' School''.Çemberlitaş Erkek Rüştiyesi In 1931 he started writing at ''Yeni Gün'' magazine. His notes were published in a column named ''Corners and parishes of Istanbul''.İstanbul'un Köşe Bucağı After that, he wrote latest

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column in the

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, İkdam,

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, Son Saat and Açıksöz magazines. Canatak, A. Mecit. "Osman Cemal Kaygılı'nın Gezi Yazılarında Eski İstanbul'un Eğlence Mekânları". Turkish Studies (Ankara: Yıldırım Beyazıt Üniversitesi) 7, Sayı 1 (Winter 2012): 611–630.

Works

Novels

* ''Çingeneler'' – 1939 * ''Aygır Fatma'' – 1944 * ''Bekri Mustafa'' – 1944

Plays

* ''Üfürükçü'' – 1925 * ''İstanbul Revüsü'' – 1925 * ''Mezarlık Kızı'' – 1927

Books about him

* Mustafa Apaydın, ''Osman Cemal Kaygılı'nın Hikâyeciliği'', Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Yayınevi, 2006.

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External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kaygili, Osman Cemal Journalists from Istanbul Writers from Istanbul 1945 deaths 1890 births