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İbrahim Şinasi

İbrahim Şinasi was an Ottoman poet, journalist, translator, writer, playwright and politician (1826–1871). He was born in Istanbul.

Also recorded as Ibrahim Sinasi · Ibrahim Schinasi

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ʾİbrâhîm Şinâsî, famous Turkish writer (poet, playwriter, journalist), and classical liberal, bourgeois internationalist, patriot politician best known for his affiliation with the movement Yeŋî ʿOs̱mânlıler (New Ottomans/Young Ottomans).

"Ġarâʾîb-i Medeniyyeden". [Anonym]. Mecmûʿʾe-i ʾEbû'ż-Żiyâ. 8 Şaʿbânu'l-Muʿaẓẓam 1329 [Hicrî]. Cuzʾû-i ʿAded: 107. Page: ... [unnumbered plate page between the pages 912 and 913]. · Public domain

Biography

İbrahim Şinasi was recorded at birth as Ibrahim Shinazi. The authorities additionally record the headings Ibrahim Sinasi and Ibrahim Schinasi. His recorded languages were Ottoman Turkish, French, Turkish and Arabic. His recorded confession was Islam.

Catalogued output

Works

Her yeniliğin başlangıç noktası Şinaşi. Şinasi.

  • The Wedding of a Poet

  • Divan-ı Şinasi

  • Durub-ı Emsal-i Osmaniye

  • Müntehabat-ı Tasvir-i Efkar

  • Müntehabat-ı Tasvir-i Efkar, Birinci Kısım

  • Müntehabat-ı Tasvir-i Efkar, İkinci Kısım

  • Müntehabat-ı Eş'ar

  • Müntahabât-ı Tasvir-i efkâr. Şair evlenmesi. Şinasi Efendi merhumun müntehabat-i eş'arı

  • Müntahabat-i esʾarim

  • Matbuat tarihine medhal. Ẓurub-i emsal-i Osmaniye

  • Müntehabat-i eşʾarım. Ṣair evlenmesi

  • Terceme-i manzûme [çeviren] Ṣinasi

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Life and career

The full dated record · 2 entries

  1. 1826

    İbrahim Şinasi was born in 1826 at Istanbul.

  2. 1871

    İbrahim Şinasi died in 1871 at Istanbul.

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  • Istanbul
Birth
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Primary material

Documents and archives

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Literature

Bibliography

VIII. Şinasi: the Birth of Public Opinion, Genesis of Young Ottoman Thought, 2019. Şinasi:, Genesis of Young Ottoman Thought, 2019. Hisar, Abdülhak Şinasi: Fahim Bey ve Biz, Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020. Literature and Politics in the Tanzimat Period: Relations between İbrahim Şinasi and Sultan Abdülmecid, İstanbul Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Türk Dili ve Edebiyatı Dergisi, 2024.

  • Yeni Belgeler Işığında İbrahim Şinâsî’nin Mehmed Emin Âli Paşa ile Münasebetlerinin Erken Dönemi, History Studies, 2024

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