Hüseyin Rahmi Gürpınar
Hüseyin Rahmi Gürpınar (August 17, 1864 – March 8, 1944) was a Turkish writer, civil servant, and politician.
Hüseyin Rahmi Gürpınar
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- Name
- Hüseyin Rahmi Gürpınar
- Born
- August 17, 1864
- Birthplace
- Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
- Died
- March 8, 1944
- Place of death
- Istanbul, Turkey
- Nationality
- Ottoman Empire · Turkey
- Occupation
- politician · translator · writer · journalist
- Education
- Ankara University Faculty of Political Science
- Known for
- The Witch · Quick Lover · A Marriage Under the Comet · Gulyabani · Governess
- Languages
- Turkish · Ottoman Turkish · Arabic
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Hüseyin Rahmi Gürpınar (August 17, 1864 – March 8, 1944) was a Turkish writer, civil servant, and politician.
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Biography
Biography
Hüseyin Rahmi Gürpınar studied at Ankara University Faculty of Political Science. The recorded working language is Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Arabic. Positions recorded include member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. Works named in the authority record are The Witch, Quick Lover, A Marriage Under the Comet, Gulyabani and Governess.
Gravestone of Hüseyin Rahmi Gürpınar (1874-1940), Turkish novelist and journalist, Heybeliada Cemetery, Istanbul, Turkey.
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Key facts
• Name — Hüseyin Rahmi Gürpınar • Born — August 17, 1864 • Birthplace — Istanbul, Ottoman Empire • Died — March 8, 1944 • Place of death — Istanbul, Turkey
Biography
Biography
Born in Istanbul, 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 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 Istanbul. 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 between 1935 and 1943.
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Heybeliada.
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Selected books
• "Şık" (1889) • "İffet" (1896) • "Metres" (1900) • "Tesadüf" (1900) • "Şıpsevdi" (1911) • "Nimetşinas" (1911) • "Kuyruklu Yıldız Altında Bir İzdivaç" (1912) • "Gulyabani" (1913), translated by Hande Eagle (2024) • "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 – Hüseyin Rahmi Gürpınar • Edebiyatogretmeni.net – Hüseyin Rahmi Gürpınar
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