Sedat Simavi
Sedat Simavi | |
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 "The Sheep of Ankara, shows its hand last." Political cartoon by Sedat Simavi, in Istanbul magazine Güleryüz on October 1922. In the Background: Ankara, In the Foreground: Istanbul | |
| Born | 1896 |
| Died | 11 December 1953 (aged 57) Istanbul, Turkey |
| Nationality | Turkish |
| Alma mater | Galatasaray High School |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, writer, film director |
Sedat Simavi (1896 – 11 December 1953) was a Turkish journalist, writer and film director. He established many newspapers and magazines.
Biography
Simavi was born in 1896.granddaughter of Grand Vizier Saffet Pasha.[1] Simavi graduated from Galatasaray High School in 1912.[1]
In
Dersaadet which was established in 1920.[1] The other papers established by Simavi included Payihat, Güleryüz, Yedigün and Resimli Gazete.[1]
Simavi co-founded the Turkish Journalists' Association in 1946, and the Hürriyet newspaper in 1948. He was also a political cartoonist, and as well as plays and screenplays he also wrote a novel, Fuji-Yama (1944), and non-fiction books. He published around 60 books in total.[2]
Sedat Simavi died on 11 December 1953, and was buried at Kanlıca Cemetery, in Istanbul.[3]
Legacy
The
Sedat Simavi Journalism Award.[citation needed
]
Filmography
- The Spy (1917, writer and director)
- The Claw (1917, writer and director)
- Alemdar Mustafa Pasa (1918, writer and director)
- Hürriyet apartmani (1944, writer)
Books
- Muzaffer Gökman (1970), Sedat Simavi: Hayati ve eserleri. Hazirliyan, APA Ofset Basımevi
- Sedat Simavi (1973), Sedat Semavi / Eserleri [collected works]
References
- ^ JSTOR 23249003.
- ^ "Simavi, Sedat". Ministry of Culture.
- ^ "Sedat Simavi mezarı başında anıldı". Cumhuriyet (in Turkish). 11 December 2008. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
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