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Very Good French Original autograph manuscript document signed 'Peyami Safa'. Oblong: 15x23 cm. In French. 1 p. It's resume of a paper written for the "XVeme Congress International de Sociologie, Istanbul, 11-17 Septembre 1952" related to 'Ibn-Khaldoun' and 'Auguste Comte'. Safa was a Turkish journalist, columnist and novelist. He was born in 1899 to writer and poet Ismail Safa (1867-1901) in Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. While he was only two years old, his father died in exile in Sivas. During his youth years until the age of seventeen, he lived in psychic and physical depression due a bone sickness he suffered from at the age of eight or nine. He rejected his doctors' advice to amputate his arm. Safa described his experiences in hospitals in his novel Dokuzuncu Hariciye Kogusu, which was filmed in 1967. In 1911, Peyami Safa had to give up his education at Vefa High School, and began working in a printing house and later in the Ministry of Post. He taught himself French, and in 1918 together with his elder brother began publishing a newspaper. In later years, he published three literary periodicals. He also wrote in various newspapers sometimes as a columnist, and sometimes as a novelist. Most of his novels were created before 1940. In these novels, he stressed on the west-east conflict in the Turkish society during the early years of the Turkish Republic. His novel Dokuzuncu Hariciye Kogusu gained much interest. In 1931, he wrote his only historical novel about Attila the Hun. Besides these novels, he wrote many serial stories and novels in newspapers, among them in Cumhuriyet and Milliyet, under the pseudonym "Server Bedii". Some of these are about a gentleman thief named Cingöz Recai.
Very Good Turkish Original typescript document with manuscript autograph writings and signature by Lütfi Kirdar (as Minister of Health Lütfi Kirdar). 21x15 cm. Sent to Halide Nusret Zorlutuna. In Turkish (modern Turkish with Latin script). 1 p. Lütfi Kirdar was born in 1887 in Kirkuk. He comes from a rooted and well-known family 'Kirdarzâdes' of Kirkuk. After completing his primary and secondary education in Kirkuk and high school education in Baghdad, he came to Istanbul in 1908 and entered the Faculty of Medicine. After the Balkan War, Kirdar joined the war voluntarily and after the war he graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of the Darülfünûn -i.e. Istanbul Üniversitesi- (1917). With the outbreak of World War I, he joined the army. Kirdar who was participating in the National Struggle received the Independence War Medal. After the War of Independence, in 1923, he specialized in eye diseases in Vienna and Munich. He returned to Turkey in 1924 and was appointed to the Directorate of Izmir Health. At his own request, he was appointed to the eye clinic of Izmir Memleket Hospital in 1933. In 1935 he became a member of parliament from Kütahya. In 1936, Manisa was appointed as mayor and after that in 1938, to Istanbul. He held this last post for 12 years. Istanbul Harbiye Sports and Exhibition Palace, Open-Air Theater, Inonu Stadium in Dolmabahce, Taksim Square, Taksim Excursion, and Ataturk Boulevard were held during his period. In 1940, the Taksim Barracks was demolished. He was arrested on May 27th. He died of a heart attack on 17 February 1961 in Yassiada where he was tried. He was buried in Zincirlikuyu Cemetery after a funeral on 19 February 1961.
Very Good Turkish Original greeting card which is printed on a Turkish painter's painting Kadri Aytolon. A leaflet. Open size: 19,5x13,5 cm. Autograph script: 'En derin saygilarimla' and signed 'Ara Güler'. To unnamed recipient. Ara Güler was an Armenian-Turkish photojournalist, nicknamed "the Eye of Istanbul" or "the Photographer of Istanbul". He was "one of Turkey's few internationally known photographers".
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original autograph document/letter sealed by Abidin Pasha. 33x21 cm. In Ottoman script. 1 p. Seven lines. With a letterhead of The Province of Cezâyir-i Bahr-i Sefîd [i.e. The province of the Mediterranean Island and Aegean Archipelago]. Abidin Pasha was an Albanian patriot, politician, ideologue and diplomat; and the governor of Rhodes, Aden, Algeria, Ankara, and Adana. As a rilindas involved in the Albanian National Awakening, he was one of the founders of the League of Prizren and its chief representative for Epirus (1878). Dino was one of the main promoters in the need for the creation of the Autonomous Albanian Vilayet under the Ottoman suzerainty, and later a contributor to Albanian independence. Abedin Dino was from Chameria and he was born in Preveza on March 23, 1843, to one of the most notable and noble families of the city (the Dino family). During the Great Eastern Crisis Dino was one of ten signatories to a memorandum addressed to Berlin Congress hosts chancellor Bismarck and Count Andrassy on 20 June 1878 calling for reforms and Albanians to remain in the Ottoman state with their rights, desires, interests, and traditions being respected. Dino strongly supported the territorial integrity of Albanian inhabited lands remaining within the Ottoman state. Together with Abdul Frashëri, Vesel Dino, and Mehmet Ali Vrioni he established local League branches of the Albanian Committee of Janina and Assembly of Preveza. On 11 January 1879, a meeting in Preveza of Albanian notables and leaders at Dino's house agreed to oppose Epirus joining Greece, even though military force if an unsatisfactory agreement was imposed by the Great Powers and to express that view to the Berlin Congress. The free movement of Dino in Preveza and his appointment as a commissioner for delineating the border was representative of the support the Ottoman Empire gave to the League during this time. From 10 June - 12 September 1880 Dino briefly served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Ottoman Empire for four months and was elevated to the rank of Pasha, becoming known as Abedin Pasha. Abdul Hamid II appointed Dino as he wanted to strengthen the Ottoman position during negotiations about the border with Greece. [.] In part due to his efforts and activities, the Vilayet of Janina did not join Greece and remained within the Ottoman Empire until 1912. He became a wâli (governor) of Aden and from 1904 Vizier (minister) in the Ottoman government headed by fellow Albanian Avlonyali Mehmed Ferid Pasha. Abedin Bej Dino was also an evaluated poet, publisher, writer, and translator. He wrote many songs, including the famous one "Këngë për Shqipërin" (alb. "Song for Albania", in 1879), "Të nxiturit e Shqipërisë duke përpjeturë" (1880), "Poema e Shenjtë" (Poema of Saint, 1884), "Poetry" (1888). He translated on Albanian language poems of a 13th-century Persian poet, and Sufi mystic Rumi. His son, Rasih Abidinpasazâde Dino (who has a book titled 'Üç Mektup') was a co-founder of the first Albanian school in the city of Preveza and in 1913 he was the head of the delegation of Albania that signed the Treaty of London that recognized Albania an independent state. Abidin Pasha is the grandfather of famous Turkish painter Abidin Dino, (1913-1993).
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original manuscript autograph letter / document signed by Köprülüzâde Mehmed Fuad, (1890-1966), sent to the director of library of Darülfünûn [i.e. Istanbul University] Fehmi Edhem Karatay, (1888-1968). 25x16 cm. In Ottoman scrript. 1 p. 7 lines. Letterhead 'Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Istanbul Darülfünûnu'. Dated 8 Tesrinisani [1]927. Signed as 'Darülfünûn Edebiyat Fakültesii Reisi' [i.e. President of the Istanbul University Faculty of Literature]. "Darülfünûn Kütübhâne Müdürü Fehmi Bey'e, Vazifenizdeki gayret ve faaliyetden dolayi taltifiniz lüzûmu hakkinda...". Köprülü was a highly influential Turkish sociologist, turkologist, scholar, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey. A descendant of the illustrious noble Albanian Köprülü family, whose influence in shaping Ottoman history between 1656 and 1711 surpassed even that of the House of Osman, Fuat Köprülü was a key figure in the intersection of scholarship and politics in early 20th century Turkey. Following the coup d'état in 1960 he was tried at the Yassiada trials but found not guilty. Fehmi Edhem Karatay, (1888-1968), was a Turkish / Ottoman who had important services in the establishment of modern Turkish librarianship. He was known with his very important catalogue on the printed books in Turkish with Arabic letters before Seyfettin Özege.
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original autograph letter sealed by Lütfullah Vehbi as'Erzurum müftüsü', to an unnamed friend. 20x13 cm. In Ottoman script. 1 p. 12 lines. Dated November, 24, 1906 [AH 1322]. Signed as 'Erzurum müftîsi' [i.e. The cleric of Erzurum]. Lütfullah Vehbi Efendi was born in 1850 [AH 1266] in Erzurum. He was an Arabic teacher at the Military School of Erzurum in 1878, and he was the müftü [i.e. cleric] of Erzurum in 1897. After his retirement, he was a deputy of Erzurum city in he Osmanli Meclis-i Mebûsân [i.e. Ottoman parliamentary]. He is famous with his annotation to 'Cilâu'r-Ruh' by Molla Abdurrahman Camî, titled 'Feyzü's-sünûh'.
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original autograph letter sealed by Mahmud Naci Balkis. 21x15 cm. In Ottoman script (Turkish with Arabic letters). 1 p. To his unnamed respectable friend. Congratulations to Abdussaid Bey, a kind appeal for a payment behalf of himself and sending the receipt to his mother, "Islahat Komisyonu" etc. Dated fî sene 1 Subat [February] [1]325 AH [= 1909 AD]. Mahmud Naci Bey was a Turkish politician, soldier, deputy of the Ottoman Parliament Assembly Tripoli (17 December 1908), founder of Besiktas Gymnastics Club (1903). Mahmut Naci Bey, who was one of the founders of the Ottoman Besiktas Terbiye-i Bedeniye School, also became a member of the Ottoman Deputy Council and served as the Deputy of Tripoli. He wrote a book titled "Trablusgarp - Hedefteki Ülke Libya'nin Tarihi" [i.e. "Tripoli - The History of the Destination Country Libya"], which also wrote the situation in Libya with his memories here. Mahmut Naci Bey, who was of Caucasian origin, was against the policy of Sultan Abdülhamid II. He joined Mustafa Kemal Pasha during his occupation years. He took part in the National Struggle in secret weapon shipments from Anatolia to Istanbul. The Independence Medal was awarded for his active role in the War of Independence.
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original manuscript autograph letter/document signed/sealed by Mustafa Zeki Pasha who was Tophâne-i Âmire müsiri [i.e. Grandmaster and Commander of Artillery / Brigadier and Ministry of Military Schools], sent to Mazhar Pasha who was the commander of naval forces located in Chios Island (Sakiz Adasi) in the Archipelago, for the fortification to Chios fortress and around, and preparation an exploration report and a map. 34x21 cm. In Ottoman script. Folded. 1 p. It's written in a beautiful and legible riq'a script. Including 23 lines. Full. Zeki Pasha was one of the most trusted Ottoman generals and statesmen of Sultan Abdulhamid II. He served as Tophane Counselor for 18 years during the reign of Sultan Abdülhamid II. In 1899, Italian architect Alexandre Vallaury built the 'Tophane Müsiri Zeki Pasa Mansion (Yali)', one of the most valuable estates of Istanbul, on his behalf. In 1908, he fell out of favor with the declaration of the Second Constitutional Monarchy by Union and Progress Society (Ittihad ve Terakki Cemiyeti) and was deported first to Büyükada and then to Rhodes. (Source: Wikipedia). Minor stains on paper. A very good manuscript on a fine watermarked paper with a letterhead "Tophâne-i Âmîre Müsireti".
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original manuscript autograph letter written with a fine riq'a script signed by Naum Nimetullah Pasha as 'Paris Sefîr-i Kebîri' [i.e. Paris ambassador] of the Imperial Ottoman, addressed to 'Ottoman Foreign Ministry', on the Ottoman princes that [Abdürrahim] Muhib Pasha sent to Paris for education. Includes 12 lines. Full. 25x15,5 cm. In Ottoman script. 1 p. Sealed as 'Naum, 1314'. Dated fî 11 Rubu'üssani sene [1]326 AR = fî 22 Tesrînisânî [1]324] AH = 1908 AD. Naum Pasha, (The governor of Cebel-i Lebanon between 1892-1902; ambassador of Paris, France between 1908-1911), was an undersecretary in the Foreign Ministry of Imperial Ottoman at the time of his Lebanon appointment and enjoyed the confidence of a number of senior Ottoman statesmen. He was also a favored candidate of the Maronite Church by virtue of being the nephew and son-in-law of Franko Kusa, the second governor of the mutasarrifiyya, he was still remembered for his friendly relations with the Church. Furthermore, Naum gained the support of Mustafa Arslan by reappointing him to the district-governorship of Shuf-albeit reluctantly, under pressure from a number of Mustafa's friend in Istanbul, Damascus, and Beirut. But Naum's greatest advantage was the concurrence of his tenure with the most tranquil years of the last half-century of Ottoman history. [.] Naum served in Mount Lebanon. (Source: The Long Peace: Ottoman Lebanon, 1861-1920). Naum Pasha is of Arab Christian origin. Soon after beginning in the 'Hariciye Tahrirat Kalemi' and serving in various positions in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he was appointed as the governor of Cebel-i Lebanon (1892) with the rank of vizier. During the Second Constitutional Monarchy, he served as the Minister of Public Works for a short time (3-8 August 1908). He was sent to the Paris Embassy for the second time while he was under the Undersecretariat for Foreign Affairs. He died while he was in this post.; Abdürrahim Muhib Efendi, or, pasha, was the ex-ambassador of Paris between 1806-1811 before Naum Pasha.
Very Good French Original autograph letter signed 'A. Gabriel' to an unnamed good friend. An 'amicable' letter. 21x14 cm. In French. 1 p. Includes 12 lines. It starts as 'Mon cher ami'. Gabriel est un professeur, architecte et archéologue français, spécialiste de l'Anatolie, photographe et aquarelliste. Il soutint une thèse sur les fortifications de Rhodes, et réalisa des fouilles en Égypte et en Syrie. Docteur ès lettres, il fut professeur d'histoire de l'art spécialisé en architecture et archéologie, à Caen, puis à Strasbourg, puis à Istanbul. Il prit part à la fondation de l'Institut français d'études anatoliennes (IFEA) dont il fut le premier directeur de 1930 à 1941, et qu'il dirigea à nouveau de 1945 à 1956. Il fut élu en 1942 à la chaire d'Histoire des arts de l'Orient musulman au Collège de France. Il devint membre de l'Académie des beaux-arts et de l'Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres. Il est natif de Cerisieres en Haute Marne puis il vécut à Bar sur Aube avec sa mère et sa sour, et y garda une maison jusqu'à son décès. C'est à Bar-sur-Aube qu'il se lia d'amitié avec Gaston Bachelard. (Wikipedia). Premier directeur de l'Institut Français d'Études Anatoliennes, celui que l'ambassadeur de Turquie à Paris surnomme "le plus turc des Français" commence sa carrière en Grèce et en Égypte avant de s'établir en Turquie où il fait des aller-retours fréquents depuis 1908. C'est en 1930 qu'il fonde, avec l'ambassadeur de France en Turquie, l'Institut Français d'archéologie qui deviendra l'IFEA en 1975. Ses travaux sur les monuments turcs d'Istanbul et d'Anatolie à commencer par ceux de la Cappadoce (Kayseri-Nigde) lui valent une renommée et une reconnaissance importante en Turquie. (IFEA - Albert Gabriel).
Very Good Turkish Original manuscript autograph letter on-card signed by Adalet Agaoglu. (8,5x12,5 cm). In Turkish. 2 p. Includes 28 lines. Repaired in its period by tape. Blue ink on paper. Dated 'March, 26, 1982'. Adalet Agaoglu is a female Turkish novelist and playwright. She is considered one of the foremost novelists of 20th-century Turkish literature. She has also written essays, memoirs, and short stories. As an author, a playwright, and a human rights activist, she became one of the most prized novelists of Turkey. Considered to be one of the most important living authors in Turkey a revered intellectual, her tightly constructed prose is a balance between a realistic milieu of Turkey which she knows firsthand and the broader, more humanistic elements of social pressure and gender prejudice. In an unfamiliar urban world, her fictional newcomers to modernity struggle with age-old issues complicated by perplexing political, religious, economic, and social forces. She has been rewarded with numerous honors besides the literary awards she won in the fields of the novel, short story, and drama. For her perception of subtle and overt changes in modern Turkish society and her writing entitled "Modernism and Social Change", Adalet Agaoglu received the "Turkish Presidency Merit Award" in 1995. In 1998, Agaoglu received an "Honorary Ph.D." from Anadolu University followed by the "Ph.D. of Humane Letters" from Ohio State University.
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original manuscript (handwritten) letter (ALS) signed 'Ahmed Es'ad'. Oblong: 19x24 cm. In Ottoman script. Letterhead of 'Bâb-i Fetva Daire-i Seyhülislâm'. AH: 1301 = AD: 1885. With elqab, includes three lines. Written on salary increase of 'Imam-i Sânî Rasid Efendi hazretleri'. Folded. In elqab, it starts with 'Faziletlü efendim hazretleri' after 'Hüve'. Uryânîzâde Ahmed Esad Efendi was 117th sheikh al-islam of the Ottoman Empire in the period of Sultan Abdulhamid 2. He was son of Mehmed Said who was one of qadis (judge) of Sultan Mahmud II. He was descend from Osman el-Uryânî who was a Kilis city-born.
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original manuscript autograph letter signed (ALS) 'Ali Cenânî' as a deputy of Ayntab and its envelope, sent to Ali Mazhar Bey, who was governor of Ankara between 1914-1915 before Armenian Deportation. 25,5x15,5 cm. In Ottoman script on a paper with 'Meclis-i Mebûsân' [i.e. The Ottoman Parliamentary] letterhead and "Prie. Superf." watermark. 1 p. Folded. Thirteen lines. Ali Cenânî Bey was an Ottoman / Turkish deputy and politician who played a role in the organization of the Southern Front during the Turkish War of Independence against the French Occupation in Ayntab -Gaziantep-). Cenanizadeler's family, some important figures in the last Ottoman period were its members like Grand Vizier Cenanizade Mehmet Kadri Pasha and writer Cenanizade Asim, whose names live in their mansions in Kanlica, Istanbul. He was exiled to Malta at the end of World War I among the 150 Personae Non-Gratae. On his return, he showed benefits in organizing the resistance to the occupation in Antep and Adana regions. Ali Mazhar Bey, who was appointed as the governor of Ankara in 1914, ignored the Armenians' deportation order. Despite the warnings from the Committee of Union and Progress, he did not implement the order and was assigned to Aleppo. Talat Pasha informed him about his new post in a special telegram. Ali Mazhar Bey foresaw that he would have to apply the deportation order, which he found contrary to his conscience, in his new position, and resigned.
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original autograph letter signed by Ali Hikmet Ayerdem. 38x23 cm. In Ottoman script. 1 p. Three long lines. Dated 22 Kanunisani 81]328 [AD 1912]. Written to Ayastefanos High Commands, for the assignment of cavalry major 'Mustafa Resid Bey'. Ali Hikmet Ayerdem (1877; Larissa - March 21, 1939; Istanbul) was an officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army. Rare.
Very Good Turkish Original manuscript autograph letter signed (ALS) by Ali Çetinkaya sent to Turkish doctor Ethem Akif Battalgil who was the father of Fahire Battalgil (Battalgazi), who was the first Turkish zoologist. For Battalgil's brother's death, Çetinkaya is conveying his condolences. The letter was written and signed by Ali Çetinkaya, but, he added his wife and daughter. Dated 11. IV. 1942, Ankara. Ali Çetinkaya, also known as "Kel" Ali Bey was an Ottoman-born Turkish army officer and politician, who served eight terms in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, including a period in 1939-40 as his country's first Minister of Transport. He was born in Kara Hisâr-i Sâhib (present-day Afyonkarahisar) in Hüdavendigâr Vilayet as the son of Ahmed Efendi. He studied in the Bursa Military High School (Bursa Askerî Idadisi ). After graduating from military high school, he entered the Ottoman Military Academy (Mekteb-i Füsûn-u Harbiyye-i Sâhâne ) In 1898 he graduated the academy and joined the Ottoman military as a Second Lieutenant (Mülâzim-i Sani ). During World War I, he served for the army in the Caucasus and Galicia fronts. When the Greek forces were landing at Smyrna on May 15, 1919, he was a lieutenant colonel and the commander of 172nd Infantry Regiment stationed in the Aegean coastal town of Ayvalik. His regiment was under the command of the 56th Division of Hürrem Bey. Ali played a key role in the first stage of the Greco-Turkish War of 1919-1922, starting with the opening battle. He was briefly able to hold back the advance into the city of Greek occupation forces. His action is considered to mark the first shots fired by regular forces in the 1919-22 Greco-Turkish War, although there were earlier confrontations in which irregular militias participated, including the battle involving Hasan Tahsin in Izmir, as well as actions in Urla and Ödemis. The hill in Ayvalik from where the first shots were fired is now called Ilk Kursun Tepesi (First Bullet Hill). Today there is a military rehabilitation center on that hill. After the war, Ali Çetinkaya was elected to the Turkish Grand National Assembly for eight successive terms and served until 1942, holding ministerial posts in six different governments, including, with the formation of a Ministry of Transport, becoming Turkey's first Minister of Transport. Ali Çetinkaya is considered a hero in Turkey. Cunda Island of Ayvalik was renamed Alibey Adasi (Ali Bey Island) after him, although the old name remains in common use.
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original manuscript (handwritten) letter (ALS) signed 'Nafia Vekili Behiç' [i. e. Minister of Public Works, Behiç [Erkin]]. 23,5x14,5 cm. In Ottoman script. 1 p. Dated November 28, 1929. He wrote it when he was manager of Anatolian - Bagdad Railways. Letterhead 'Anadolu - Bagdad Demiryollari Müdür-i Umumiyesi [Anatolian - Baghdad Railways Directorate]'. Addressed to Mavridi[s] Brothers in Istanbul. Behiç Erkin was a Turkish career officer, first director (1920-1926) of the Turkish State Railways, nationalized under his auspices, statesman and diplomat of the Turkish Republic, who helped save almost 20,000 ethnic Jews in France during World War II. He was Minister of Public Works, 1926-1928, and deputy for three terms; and an ambassador. He served as Turkey's ambassador to Budapest between 1928-1939, and to Paris and Vichy between August 1939-August 1943. As Turkish ambassador in France under the German Occupation after June 1940, Erkin used the power of his office and nation's neutrality to save Jews who could document a Turkish connection, however slight, from the Holocaust. Other Turkish diplomats in France and elsewhere, were also active in this rescue effort. The consulate staff under Necdet Kent in Marseille was particularly involved.
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original manuscript (handwritten) letter (ALS) signed as a Turkish / Ottoman minister in Washington addressed 'Cher Monsiuer', evidently taking in hand the arrangements for his correspondent's visit to Constantinople. 18x11 cm. In French. 3 p. Washington, 25 January 1878. Folds, lightly toned, some mnor blemmishes. Embossed crest with Greek inscription 'Epeude Vradeus'. Gregory "Ligor" Aristarchis also known as Aristarchi Bey, was an Ottoman diplomat of Phanariote Greek ethnicity, compiler of a corpus of Ottoman legislation. Originally a provincial jurist, he became the director of foreign correspondence of Crete beginning in 1861, and then from 1867 the Smyrna (Izmir) directeur politique ("political director") and vice-governor. He served as Ottoman Minister in Washington from 1873 to 1883 with Alexandros Mavrogenis. The Ottoman government dismissed him from his post. Sinan Kuneralp, the author of "Ottoman Diplomatic and Consular Personnel in the United States of America, 1867-1917," argued that his relationship with Midhat Pasha was the "more likely" reason why he was fired, while the official accusation was that Aristarchis misused money from a weapons deal. After 1883 he lived in Paris where he worked as an advisor to Alfred Nobel. After the fall of Abdul Hamid II, he served as an Ottoman envoy to the Netherlands, where he died. He composed one of the first collections of the Ottoman law in 7 volumes in the French language: "egislation ottomane, ou Recueil des lois, reglements, ordonnances, traités, capitulations et autres documents officiels de l'Émpire Ottoman", Constantinople: Imprimerie, Frères Nicolaides.
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original manuscript autograph letter signed (ALS) signed by Behçet Kemal Çaglar, addressed to Turkish female poet Halide Nusret Zorlutuna, (1901-1984). 21x14 cm. In Ottoman script written on a paper with letterhead 'TBMM' [i.e. Grand National Assembly of Turkey]. 1 p. 17 lines. No date. It starts as "Sevgili Nusret ablacigim...". Çaglar graduated as a senior mining engineer in 1929. He served as a regional manager at MTA (Turkish Mining Survey and Research Department), and for a short while, was a Member of Parliament. In 1949, Çaglar published the magazine Sadirvan. He also directed the radio program "Siir Dünyamiz" (meaning Our World of Poetry in Turkish). Common themes in his poetry included Kemalism and populism. Behcet Kemal Caglar taught Turkish Literature at Robert College (Robert College is an American College founded in 1862 in Istanbul, Turkey).
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original manuscript autograph letter signed (ALS) signed by Behçet Kemal Çaglar, addressed to Turkish female poet Halide Nusret Zorlutuna, (1901-1984). 21x16,5 cm. In Ottoman script. 1 p. 24 lines. Full. No date. It starts as "Sevgili ablam...". He mentions the book written by Zorlutuna published newly in its period, and requests critics from Zorlutuna for his article he works on. Çaglar graduated as a senior mining engineer in 1929. He served as a regional manager at MTA (Turkish Mining Survey and Research Department), and for a short while, was a Member of Parliament. In 1949, Çaglar published the magazine Sadirvan. He also directed the radio program "Siir Dünyamiz" (meaning Our World of Poetry in Turkish). Common themes in his poetry included Kemalism and populism. Behcet Kemal Caglar taught Turkish Literature at Robert College (Robert College is an American College founded in 1862 in Istanbul, Turkey).
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original manuscript autograph letter signed (ALS) signed by Behçet Kemal Çaglar, addressed to Turkish female poet Halide Nusret Zorlutuna, (1901-1984). 20,5x15,5 cm. In Ottoman script. 1 p. 15 lines. No date. It starts as "Canim ablam...". Çaglar graduated as a senior mining engineer in 1929. He served as a regional manager at MTA (Turkish Mining Survey and Research Department), and for a short while, was a Member of Parliament. In 1949, Çaglar published the magazine Sadirvan. He also directed the radio program "Siir Dünyamiz" (meaning Our World of Poetry in Turkish). Common themes in his poetry included Kemalism and populism. Behcet Kemal Caglar taught Turkish Literature at Robert College (Robert College is an American College founded in 1862 in Istanbul, Turkey).
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original autograph letter (ALS) signed 'Bilecik Saylavi S[alih] Bozok' with its original envelope. 21x15 cm. In Ottoman script. 2 p. Full. Letter includes 27 lines. Dated December, 22, 1934. Letterhead 'TBMM Özel' [i.e. Turkish Grand National Assembly]. Recipient is Salih Bey [Sener] who was lived in Kadiköy and Commandant Gendarme. Bozok was an officer of the Ottoman Army, later the Turkish Army and a politician of the Republic of Turkey. He was the chief aide-de-camp of Mustafa Kemal (Atatürk), the founder of modern Turkey. Bozok was a close childhood and lifelong friend of Atatürk, both having been born in 1881 in Salonica and having attended the Monastir Military High School together. On November 10, 1938, upon witnessing the dead body of Atatürk in the latter's bedroom of Dolmabahçe Palace, a distraught and stunned Bozok stepped outside and shot himself through the chest with a pistol. However, the bullet narrowly missed his heart, and Bozok did not succumb to his fatal wound until April 1941. (Wikipedia).
Very Good Turkish Original typewritten autograph letter signed 'C. Bayar'. 30x22 cm. Punch-holes on left side. 1 p. In Turkish. 'Celâl Bayar' letterhead. Dated 5/6/1974. Sent to Agatangelos Kalaycioglu. Includes response to birthday celebration. Mahmut Celâl Bayar was a Turkish politician, who was the third President of Turkey from 1950 to 1960; previously he was Prime Minister of Turkey from 1937 to 1939. Bayar, as the Turkish President, was decorated with the Legion of Merit by the President of the United States, as a result of Turkey's participation in the Korean War. He is considered to be the longest-lived former head of state and was the longest-lived state leader until 8 December 2008 (when he was surpassed by Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum). Celal Bayar died on 22 August 1986 at the age of 103 after a brief illness.
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Sent to an unnamed recipient who is talked to 'mükerrem büyük üstâdim' [i.e. my respectful great master] by Celâl Nuri. He mentions "the law of our master" and including its positive critiques. And he says that he doesn't like the writings including Abdülhak Hamid's scripts as well [.] He goes on he wrote something in a letter about [Süleyman] Nazif and he sent. Letter includes 18 lines. Dated Ankara - April 18, 1927. In Ottoman script. 1 p. Celâl Nuri Ileri was a Turkish journalist, writer, politician, intellectual. It is one of the important figures of the transition period from the Ottoman Empire to the Turkish Republic. As a deputy of Gallipoli, he was a politician who took part in the Ottoman Parliament in the last period and then became a deputy in the first 4 periods of the Turkish Grand National Assembly. Celal Nuri, a journalist, and an intellectual who has gained an important place in the history of Turkish thought by publishing around 50 books and more than 2200 articles was the owner of the "Ileri" [i.e. Further] newspaper that supported the National Struggle in Anatolia after the First World War. He became one of the intellectual architects of the new republic with his ideas as one of the important representatives of the westernist stream of thought. In his works he conveyed the ideas of some materialist, positivist thinkers; meanwhile, he was criticized for some thoughts about religion. He had many pen fights both before and after the republic. He had discussions with Ziya Gökalp, Ahmet Agaoglu, and Ali Kemal.
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original manuscript autograph letter signed (ALS) 'C. Sahir Erozan'. 18x13,5 cm. In Ottoman script. Twelve lines. 1 p. On a paper with '...d Bank Paper' watermark. Written by a pencil. Mentions that he was sick and his article in the 19th issue of 'Yeni Adam' literary magazine. Celâl Sahir was a Turkish author, poet, politician, known as 'poet of the love and the women', one of four founders of the Turkish Language Society. He is the son of Fehime Nüzhet Hanim, one of the leading Turkish female poets, and the father of Berin Nadi, one of the owners of the Cumhuriyet newspaper.
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original autograph letter signed 'Celâl' on a paper with very calligraphic 'Celâl Sahir' letterhead. 22x14 cm. In Ottoman script. Five lines. A short manuscript letter to an unnamed friend, dated March 18, 1926, Istanbul. Celâl Sahir was a Turkish author, poet, politician, known as 'poet of the love and the women', one of four founders of the Turkish Language Society. He is the son of Fehime Nüzhet Hanim, one of the leading Turkish female poets, and the father of Berin Nadi, one of the owners of the Cumhuriyet newspaper.