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Nâmık Kemâl

Ottoman writer (1840-1888)

Key facts

Born: Mehmet Kemal , ( 1840-12-21 ) 21 December 1840, Tekirdağ , Eyalet of Adrianople , Ottoman Empire (modern Turkey)
Died: 2 December 1888 (1888-12-02) (aged 47), Chios , Vilayet of the Archipelago , Ottoman Empire (modern Greece)
Resting place: Bolayır , Gelibolu, Turkey
Occupation: Writer
Nationality: Ottoman
Period: 1871–1888
Literary movement: Nationalism , Islamic modernism , Romanticism
Notable works: Vatan Yahut Silistre , İntibah , Cezmi , Gülnihal

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Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: Ottoman Empire
Place of birth: Tekirdağ
Place of death: Chios
Child: Ali Ekrem Bolayır
Occupation: translator
Languages spoken: Arabic
Religion: Islam
Field of work: political activity
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Commons category: Namık Kemal
date of birth: 1840-12-21
date of death: 1888-12-02
Commons gallery: Namık Kemal
place of burial: Bolayır
described at URL: edebiyat.k12.org.tr/author/83d620bb-b2d0-46ea-ac55-24f68343c633
name in native language: Namık Kemal
writing language: Ottoman Turkish

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Encyclopedic overview

Namık Kemal (Ottoman Turkish: نامق كمال, romanized: Nâmıḳ Kemâl, pronounced [ˈnaː.mɯk ce.ˈmal]; Turkish: Namık Kemal; 21 December 1840 – 2 December 1888) was an Ottoman writer, poet, democrat, intellectual, reformer, journalist, playwright, and political activist who was influential in the formation of the Young Ottomans and their struggle for governmental reform in the Ottoman Empire during the late Tanzimat period, which led to the First Constitutional Era in the Empire in 1876. Kemal championed notions of freedom and fatherland in his plays and poems, and his works had a significant impact on the establishment of and future reform movements in Turkey, as well as other former Ottoman territories. He is often regarded as being instrumental in redefining Western concepts like natural rights and constitutional government.

Early years

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