Falih Rıfkı Atay
Falih Rıfkı Atay (1894, Istanbul – 20 March 1971, Istanbul) was a Turkish journalist, writer and politician between 1923 and 1950.[1] He was the son of Halil Hilmi Efendi, an imam and was educated in Istanbul.[1] Falih began his career as a journalist in the Tanin, a CUP newspaper.[1] He later became the private secretary of Talat Pasha and during World War I accompanied Jamal Pasha in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign.[1] After the war, he with three other friends founded the newspaper Akşam supporting the Turkish War of Independence.[1] In 1922 he travelled to the recaptured Izmir to visit Atatürk. Later he became a lead writer in the Hakimiyet-i Milliye, joined politics and remained in the parliament till the Turkish general election, 1950.[1] He is the author of more than 30 works.[1]
Works
- Ateş ve Güneş, (Fire and Sun), 1918, Memories of World War I in Syria and Palestine
- Zeytindağı (Mount of Olives), 1932, Memories of World War I in Syria and Palestine
- Yeni Rusya (New Russia), 1931, Travelbook