My father Ahmed Midhat Efendi

"By summarizing the aspects of Ahmed Midhat that are known to everyone, I will only write here about the private life of the deceased, his love and treatment towards his family, his friends, his acquaintances, his beliefs, his interests, his entertainments, his services to the country, especially his relationship with Sultan Hamid, and the manner of his death."

Kâmil Yazgıç, the elder son of Ahmed Midhat Efendi, one of the most important milestones of Turkish literature, wrote memories/testimonies about his father in the Tan newspaper in 1940. After the serialization ended, the memoirs turned into a book were published in the same year under the name Ahmed Midhat Efendi ̶His Life and Memories. While the importance of Ahmed Midhat Efendi is understood better day by day, Kâmil Yazgıç's work will wait for the time when it will be republished...

The book in your hands, which emerged as a result of İsmail Alper Kumsar's detailed research and meticulous work, consists of eleven articles published later in Vakit newspaper and an interview with him, in addition to Kâmil Yazgıç's important serialization.

My father, Ahmed Midhat Efendi, is a first-hand, immortal testimony about the life and environment of Ahmed Midhat Efendi, the "prince of God" who wrote dozens of works in many different fields from literature to history, from theology to philosophy.

(From the Promotional Bulletin)

Dough Type: 2nd Dough

Number of Pages: 248

Size: 13.5 x 21

First Print Year: 2020

Number of Printings: 1st Edition

Language Turkish