Yakup Kadri KaraosmanoÄŸlu

Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu or Jakub Kadri ( born March 27, 1889 in Cairo, † December 13, 1974 in Ankara) was a Turkish journalist, politician and writer.

Jakub Kadri - since the introduction of surnames in the Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu Turkey - attended the elementary school in Manisa, higher secondary school in Izmir. Since 1908 he lived in Istanbul. After completing his law studies he was active as a journalist, first published in literary magazines and was also a teacher of literature and philosophy. In Ankara, he was chief editor of the magazine Ulus ( German "nation" ). In 1922, he joined Mustafa Kemal Pasha and his political struggle and in 1923 deputy of the Turkish Grand National Assembly was founded in 1920. Later, Yakup Kadri was the Turkish Ambassador in Albania (1934 ), in the Turkish Embassy in Prague (1939 ), Bern (1942 ), The Hague and Tehran. From 1961 to 1965 Karaosmanoğlu was another member of the Turkish parliament for the constituency of Manisa.

Mainly narrator, he published, among others, a book of stories from the National Liberation Struggle (1947). His most important work, The Stranger (1932 ), is considered a classic of the Turkish literature. It was published in 1939 in German language, and later by Suhrkamp in a new annotated edition. In German, the novel Only Baba was published in 1986 as well under the title " Flame and Falter".

Writings

• Bir Serencam ( An adventure, 1913) Review: Richard Hatmann Jakub Kadri. A modern Turkish narrator. in the world of Islam. Journal of the German Society for Islamic Studies Vol 5, H. 4, 1917 online; (scroll to the bottom fifth of the page )