Abdülhak Şinasi Hisar (March 14, 1887 in
Istanbul
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– May 3, 1963 in Istanbul) was a
Turkish writer.
He spent his childhood in
Rumeli Hisarı
Rumelia (; ; ) was a historical region in Southeastern Europe that was administered by the Ottoman Empire, roughly corresponding to the Balkans. In its wider sense, it was used to refer to all Ottoman possessions and vassals in Europe. These ...
and studied at the
Galatasaray High School
Galatasaray High School (, ), established in Istanbul in 1481, is the oldest and Selective school, highly selective high school in Turkey. It is also the second-oldest Turkish educational institution after Istanbul University, which was establi ...
and later political sciences in
Paris
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. Back to
Ottoman Empire
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, he worked for a French company and later for
Stines Mining Company and
Regie des Tabacs
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Transport organisations
* ''Regia Auton ...
. He also contributed several publications, including ''
Yedigün
''Yedigün'' () was a weekly illustrated general interest magazine which existed between 1933 and 1950 in Istanbul. It was one of the first publications in its category in Turkey. Sedat Simavi, a prominent Turkish journalist, was the founder and ...
''.
Works
* ''Fahim Bey ve Biz'' (1941)
* ''Çamlıca’daki Eniştemiz'' (1944)
* ''Ali Nizami Bey’in Alafrangalığı ve Şeyhliği'' (1952)
* ''Boğaziçi Mehtapları'' (1942)
* ''Boğaziçi Yalıları'' (1954)
* ''Geçmiş Zaman Köşkleri'' (1956)
* ''Geçmiş Zaman Fıkraları'' (1958)
* ''Antoloji: Aşk imiş .....'' (1955)
* ''İstanbul ve
Pierre Loti
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'' (1958)
* ''
Yahya Kemal Yahya may refer to:
* Yahya (name), a common Arabic male given name
* Yahya (Zaragoza), 11th-century ruler of Zaragoza
* Yahya of Antioch / Yahya ibn Sa'id al-Antaki / Yaḥya ibn Saʿīd al-Anṭākī, 11th century Christian Arabic historian.
* ...
’e Veda'' (1959)
* ''
Ahmet Haşim : Şiiri ve Hayatı'' (1963)
Biographies and information
* Orhan Pamuk – ''
İstanbul – Hatıralar ve Şehir'', 2003
* Louis Mitler - ''Contemporary Turkish Writers'', Indiana University, Bloomington, 1988
* Necmettin Turinay: ''Abdülhak Şinasi Hisar'', 1988
References
1887 births
1963 deaths
Writers from Istanbul
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