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Cenap Şahabettin | |
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| Born | (1870-03-21)March 21, 1870 Bitola,Ottoman Empire |
| Died | February 12, 1934(1934-02-12) (aged 63) Istanbul, Turkey |
| Occupation | Poet, writer, physician |
| Nationality | Turkish |
| Alma mater | Military medicine |
Cenâb Şehâbeddîn (born 21 March 1870,Bitola[1] – 12 February 1934,Istanbul), was aTurkish poet and writer. He was one of the leading representatives ofServet-i Fünûn literature.[2]
He was born on March 21, 1870, inBitola. His father, Osman Şehabeddin Bey, was a major in theOttoman Army and he died during theSiege of Plevna during the 1877–1878Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878).[3] After the death of his father, he moved to Istanbul with his family when he was about six years old.[4]
He attended primary school atMekteb-i Feyziyye inTophane. Then he enteredEyüp Military High School. After the collapse of this school, he transferred toGülhane Military Medical Academy and graduated from here in 1880. Then he entered Medical Academy, after studying for two years, he was accepted to the fifth year of Military Medical Academy. He graduated from school as a doctor captain in 1889. As he graduated with a good degree, he was sent to Paris by the state at the beginning of 1890 to specialize in the field of skin diseases. He stayed here for about four years.[2]
Cenap Şahabeddin is one of the main figure who has been accepted as an authority in various fields of literature, especially poetry, in his writing activities starting from 1895 and continuing until his death. He is among those who made the biggest innovations afterAbdülhak Hâmid in Turkish poetry, which developed under the influence ofWestern literature after theTanzimat.[5]
Cenap Şahabeddin, who was born and raised in a family closely interested in literature, was under the influence ofMuallim Naci andŞeyh Vasfi when he was fifteen or sixteen, and prepared and compiled their ghazals. His first poem was a ghazal and was published in the newspaper Saadet in 1885, while he was still a student. Later, the verse form of nineteen poems he wrote became ghazal.[6]
After this period, the new poems of Cenap Şahabeddin, who started to read the works of masters such as Abdülhak Hâmid Tarhan andRecâizâde Mahmud Ekrem, were published in the journalsGülşen, Sebat and İmdâdü'l-midâd, together with the newspaperSaadet. While he was still a medical student, he published 18 of his poems in a small book called "Tâmât" in 1886.[7]
During his tenure atIstanbul University, students protested, claiming that he praised the Greeks and made derogatory remarks about theTurkish war of independence during a lecture. These demonstrations continued until Cenâb and some of his colleagues resigned in 1922. Although Cenâb denied making the alleged statements, it did not help, and he was forced to resign. He did not take any official position and partially withdrew from social life after his resignation, dedicating himself to writing. On February 13, 1934, he died of aheart attack. His grave is inBakırköy Cemetery.[8]
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