Namık Kemal
Turkish poet, journalist and political activist (1840–1888) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Namık Kemal (Ottoman Turkish: نامق كمال, pronounced [ˈnaː.mɯk ce.ˈmal]; 21 December 1840 – 2 December 1888) was an Ottoman writer, poet, democrat,[2][3][4] 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 would lead to the First Constitutional Era in the Empire in 1876.[5][6] Kemal was particularly significant for championing the notions of freedom and fatherland[7] in his numerous plays and poems, and his works would have a powerful impact on the establishment of and future reform movements in Turkey, as well as other former Ottoman territories.[8] He is often regarded as being instrumental in redefining Western concepts like natural rights and constitutional government.[9]
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Born | Mehmet Kemal (1840-12-21)21 December 1840 Tekirdağ, Eyalet of Adrianople, Ottoman Empire |
Died | 2 December 1888(1888-12-02) (aged 47) Chios, Vilayet of the Archipelago, Ottoman Empire |
Resting place | Bolayır, Gelibolu, Turkey |
Occupation | Poet, novelist, journalist, playwright |
Nationality | Ottoman |
Period | 1871–1888 |
Literary movement | Nationalism Islamic modernism[1] Romanticism |
Notable works | Vatan Yahut Silistre İntibah Cezmi Gülnihal |