Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil, Turkish author, poet, and playwright (born 1866)

Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil

Turkish author, poet, and playwright

Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil was a Turkish author, poet, and playwright. A part of the Edebiyat-ı Cedide movement of the late Ottoman Empire, he was the founder of and contributor to many literary movements and institutions, including his flagship Servet-i Fünun journal. He was a strong…