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A NEGLECTED NAME IN THE HISTORY OF TURKISH LITERATURE: ALİ NUSRET
Although Ali Nusret, who published his first poem in 1886 (1302 H.) and was active as a poet and writer until his death in 1913, is mentioned in name in literature histories, no detailed study on his literary personality or biography has been made. Yet, the time frame within which this neglected figure of the history of Turkish literature operated comprises such active periods of Turkish literature in terms of modernization as the "Ara Nesil" (Interim Generation; spans between 1873-77 to 1869 as dated by Mehmed Kaplan), Servet-i Fünûn (1869-1901) and II. Meşrutiyet (The Second Constitutional Monarchy, 1908-1911). Ali Nusret wrote not only poems but prose poems; translated novels from French; authored articles in the important newspapers and magazines of his time on literature, history, military profession, science and education; participated in the arguments on language after II. Meşrutiyet standing against simplification. He also adapted a childrens' play from French and composed an Ottoman Elifba (Alphabet). Apparently Ali Nusret produced a small number of works in his short life but he acted within a wide range of publication with his articles on literary, scientific, historical, military, educational and religious matters, which he published in the newspapers and magazines of the time. That's why Ali Nusret has various identities as a poet, a translator, a critic, a linguist and an educator.
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Ali Nusret, Ara Nesil (The Interim Generation), Servet-i Fünûn, II. Meşrutiyet, poetry, prose poem.