Bursalı Mehmed Tahir Bey (1861–1925) was a Turkish writer, researcher, and soldier. He is known for his biography and

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containing "Ottoman authors", a source book encyclopedia which still continues to be regarded as a basic reference.

Biography

Born in

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in 1861, Mehmet Tahir Bey joined the

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to complete his national service. He furthermore was a member of the

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between 1908 and 1912. He was one of the first members of the Vatan ve Hürriyet organization in

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. Mehmet Tahir Bey died in 1925 in Istanbul.

References

1861 births 1925 deaths 19th-century writers from the Ottoman Empire 20th-century writers from the Ottoman Empire Turks from the Ottoman Empire {{Ottoman-bio-stub