Falih Rıfkı Atay
Falih Rıfkı Atay | |
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1939 | |
Born | 1894 |
Died | March 20, 1971 | (aged 77)
Nationality | Turkish |
Occupation | Journalist, writer and politician |
Political party | Republican People's Party (CHP) |
Children | 1 |
Falih Rıfkı Atay (1894, Istanbul – 20 March 1971, Istanbul) was a Turkish journalist, writer and politician between 1923 and 1950.[1]
Biography
He was the son of Halil Hilmi Efendi, an imam. He was educated in Istanbul, Ottoman Empire.[1] Falih began his career as a journalist in the Tanin, a CUP newspaper.[1] He later became the private secretary of Talat Pasha, and during World War I accompanied Jamal Pasha in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign.[1] After the war, he, with three other friends, founded the newspaper Akşam supporting the Turkish War of Independence.[1] In 1922, he travelled to the recaptured Izmir to visit Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. Later, he became an editor-in-chief in the Hakimiyet-i Milliye. He entered politics in 1923, and served as deputy of Bolu and later Ankara in the parliament until the 1950 Turkish general election.[1]
He is the author of more than 30 works.[1]
Falih Rıfkı Atay died on 20 March 1971 in Istanbul. He was interred at Zincirlikuyu Cemetery in Istanbul.
Legacy
A nature park inside the Belgrad Forest in Sarıyer district of Istanbul Province was named in his honor in 2011.[2]
Selected works
- Ateş ve Güneş, (Fire and Sun), 1918, Memories of World War I in Syria and Palestine
- Zeytindağı (Mount of Olives), 1932, Memories of World War I in Syria and Palestine
- Yeni Rusya (New Russia), 1931, Travelbook
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