Yusuf Ziya Ortaç
Yusuf Ziya Ortaç (23 April 1895 – 11 March 1967) was a Turkish poet, writer, literature teacher, publisher and politician.
Yusuf Ziya Ortaç | |
|---|---|
| Born | 23 April 1895 Istanbul, Turkey |
| Died | 11 March 1967 |
| Citizenship | Turkish |
| Education | Lawyer |
| Alma mater | Ankara University |
| Occupation | Writer, journalist |
He is from the group called Beş Hececiler in Turkish poetry and is one of the important humor writers of Turkish literature. Together with Orhon Seyfi, one of the members of the Beş Hececiler group, he introduced Akbaba, the political humor magazine, which has an important place in Turkish magazine history, and gained a large fan base with his articles in this magazine.
He is a politician who served as a Member of Parliament for Ordu Province.
Biography
He was born in 1895 in Istanbul, Beylerbeyi district. His father is engineer Süleyman Sâmi Bey, son of Hoca Hasan Efendi, one of the notables of Konya, and his mother is Huriye Hanım, the daughter of İzzet Bey from Izmir.
He studied at Istanbul Vefa High School. He started poetry in high school with the prosody meter. His first poem was published in Kehkeşan magazine in 1914.When he with Dr. met Abdullah Cevdet Bey, he started to send poems to İçtihad magazine. Thanks to his poems published in içtihad, he managed to get himself accepted as a poet. After his family moved to Bebek district, Yusuf Ziya, who was a neighbor to Rıza Tevfik Bey, met Ziya Gökalp through him. He started to write poems with the syllable meter upon the recommendation of Ziya Gökalp. “Gecenin Hamamı”, his first poem written with syllabic meter, was published in Türk Yurdu magazine.
Armistice years
After graduating from high school in 1915, he passed the proficiency exam in Darülfünun-ı Osmani and became a literature teacher. He gave lectures at various schools. Continuing his literary activities on the other hand, Yusuf Ziya published his poem called "Akından Akına" in 1916. This book, written and printed at the request of the Minister of War, Enver Pasha, included twenty-two poems he wrote for the Army.
In 1918, he entered the field of satire and humor by writing humorous articles under the pseudonym "Çimdik" in Diken magazine published by Sedat Simavi, and published a poetry magazine named "Şair ". The publication life of Şair magazine, whose first issue was published on 12 December 1918, ended on 20 March 1919 due to lack of money.[1]
Şen Kitap, which includes humorous poems in 1919; He published poetry books titled Şairin Duası and Aşıklar Yolu (Lovers Way), which includes eight poems on heroism and patriotism. In 1920, he published his poetry book Cenk Ufukları.
Akbaba Magazine
On 7 December 1922, he started publishing the Akbaba humor magazine with Orhan Seyfi Orhon. Yusuf Ziya, whose name is identified with Akbaba magazine, became Akbaba's boss, poet, editor-in-chief, and the most important source of humor.[1] He published humorous articles and poems under the nicknames Çimdik and İzci in the magazine. Although Akbaba had to suspend its publication due to the decrease in circulation after the transition to Latin letters in 1928 and political turmoil in the 1930s and 1940s, Ortaç continued to publish the magazine until his death.
Meş’ale and other magazines
In April 1928, he published a book called Yedi Meşale (Seven Torches) and published the art and literature magazine Meş'ale in order to keep together and encourage young people who entered the art life. The magazine was published between 1 July and 15 October 1928. The magazine closed after the adoption of the new letters and the community disbanded.
While continuing to publish Akbaba, he published other shorter magazines with Orhon Seyfi, published the magazine iki bacanak Ayda Bir between 1935 and 1937, Heray, which was a politics and economics magazine on 20 March 1935, and the Turkish idea and art magazine Çınaraltı between 1941 and 1948.[1]
Life after the 1930s
Having served as a member of the Istanbul Water Management Board of Directors for a while since 1936, Ortaç published his books entitled Bir Selvi Gölgesi in 1938, and Kuş Cıvıltıları (Bird Chirps) in 1946. From time to time, he also produced works in the genre of stories and novels. He published popular works such as "Kürkçü Dükkanı" (1931), "Şeker Osman" (1932), "Göç" (1943) and "Üç Katlı Ev" (1953). He taught literature in a French high school in 1944–1945.
Ortaç, who left his teaching career, Çınaraltı magazine and Water Administration and entered politics, he served as a Member of Parliament for Ordu Province.
After the end of his mandate, he returned to head of Akbaba again.
After 1950, he wrote mainly in humor, travel, memoir and biography genres rather than poetry. In 1962 he published his poetry book, A Bir Rüzgâr Esti (Wind Blows). He died in Istanbul on 11 March 1967. His body was buried in Zincirlikuyu Cemetery.
Works
Poem
- Akından Akına (1916)
- Aşıklar Yolu (1919)
- Şairin Duası (1919)
- Şen Kitap (1919)
- Cenk Ufukları (1920)
- Yanardağ (1928)
- Bir Selvi Gölgesi (1938)
- Kuş Cıvıltıları (Çocuk şiirleri, 1938)
- Bir Rüzgâr Esti (1962)
Theater
- Binnaz (1918)
- Name (1918)
- Kördüğüm (1919)
- Nikahta Keramet (1923)
Long story
- Kürkçü Dükkanı (1931)
- Şeker Osman (1932)
Anthology and Review
- Nedim (1932)
- Seyranî (1933)
- Halk Edebiyatı Antolojisi (1933)
- Faruk Nafiz: Hayatı ve Eserleri (1937)
- Ahmet Haşim: Hayatı ve Eserleri (1937)
Novel
- Dağların Havası (1925, manzum)
- Göç (1943, otobiyografik roman)
- Üç Katlı Ev (1953)
- Sarı çizmeli Mehmet Ağa (1956)
- Gün Doğmadan (1960)
Humor
- Beşik (1943)
- Ocak (1943)
- Sarı Çizmeli Mehmed Ağa (1956)
- Gün Doğmadan (1960)
Travel - Memory - Biography
- İsmet İnönü (1946)
- Göz Ucuyla Avrupa (1958)
- Portreler (1960)
- Bizim Yokuş (1966)
References
- "Necati Tonga, İki Bacanağın İki Kardeş Mecmuası: Akbaba ve Çınaraltı, Değirmen Yüzyılın Dergileri 1900-2000 Özel Sayısı, S.29-30-31, Ocak-Haziran 2012" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
