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Nâmık Kemâl
Namık Kemal 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 hi…
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Born 21 December 1840 · Died 2 December 1888 · Q337500
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2026· 2 entries
Milliyet: Namık Kemal Üniversitesi
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2025· 3 entries
t24.com.tr: Vatanında(n) sürgün ‘vatan şairi’ Namık Kemal 185 yaşında
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BBC: Namık Kemal'in Londra yılları Osmanlı'da muhalefeti nasıl etkiledi?
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NTV: "Vatan şairi" Namık Kemal vefatının 137. yılında anılıyor
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2023· 2 entries
Anadolu Ajansi: "Vatan şairi" Namık Kemal vefatının 135'inci yılında anılıyor
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Hürriyet: Kemal Tahir’in Namık Kemal anketleri
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2022· 1 entry
Star: ''Vatan şairi'' Namık Kemal vefatının 134'üncü yılında anılıyor
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2020· 1 entry
haberler.com: Namık Kemal Evi ziyaretçilerini geçmişte yolculuğa çıkarıyor
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2019· 2 entries
NTV: 'Vatan ve hürriyet şairi' Namık Kemal'in vefatının 131. yılında anılıyor
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Anadolu Ajansi: 'Vatan Şairi' Namık Kemal vefatının 131'inci senesinde yad ediliyor
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1888· 1 entry
Died 1888-12-02.
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1876· 1 entry
Largely as a result of pressure from the Young Ottomans, as well as Midhat Pasha’s political influence
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1869· 1 entry
Or 1870, Kemal was allowed to return to Constantinople and proceeded to write for a number of Young Ottoman-run newspapers, and eventually published one of his own, İbret ("Admonition"), in which he addressed more intell
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1868· 1 entry
After being forced to seek refuge in Paris, Kemal began to handle the publication of the newspaper Hürriyet ("Liberty"), which also espoused the purpose of the Young Ottomans
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1867· 1 entry
And fled to Paris where many other exiled Young Ottomans had found refuge
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1864· 1 entry
Kemal took over the pro-reform newspaper Tasvîr-i Efkâr after its previous owner and Kemal's friend İbrahim Şinasi was forced into exile
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1862· 1 entry
Kemal continually wrote essays on the subjects of political, administrative, social, and foreign policy reform
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1857· 1 entry
At the age of 17, Kemal worked in the Translation Office (Turkish: Tercüme Odası) of the Ottoman Government
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1840· 1 entry
Born 1840-12-21.
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