Agop Güllü
Agop Güllü (* 1840 in Constantinople as Յակոբ Վարդովեան Agop Vartovyan ; † 1902 ibid) was an Armenian theater director. He played a decisive role in the renewal of the Ottoman theater and in the development of plays in the Turkish language.
Life
Agop Güllü was the child of Armenian parents. While still serving as an administrative officer in Balıkhane, he joined the Armenian Şark Tiyatrosu of Naum Efendi as an actor (1860–1861). Agop Güllü founded his own theater company Vaspuragan in Smyrna and performed plays in the Armenian language with young amateur actors. He returned to Constantinople and continued to play in Şark Tiyatrosu until its dissolution . Agop Güllü founded the Gedik Paşa Theater in 1868 . Over time, the repertoire includes pieces in the Armenian language as well as Turkish pieces. In 1870 Agop Güllü finally obtained a ten-year license from Âlî Paşa to direct theater plays in the Turkish language (later known as the Ottoman Theater or Tiyatro-i Osmani ).
Between 1870 and 1880 he staged European plays as well as Ottoman ones by Namık Kemal , Ali Bey, Sami Frashëri , Abdülhak Hamit , Ahmed Midhat Efendi and Ebüzziya Tevfik . Agop Güllü worked with well-known Turkish artists such as Kavuklu Hamdi , Ahmed Fehim and Ahmed Necib . When the license was awarded in 1880, it was no longer taken into account.
On the orders of Sultan Abdülhamid II , Agop Güllü had to enter the Yıldız Palace Theater in 1882 (Mızıka-yı Hümayûn). He eventually converted from Christianity to Islam and stayed as Yakup Güllü in the Yıldız Palace until his death.
Agop Güllü was a freemason .
The Turkish university professor and dissident Yücel Aşkın is a grandson of Güllü.
literature
- Kevork Pamukciyan Biyografileriyle Ermeniler 2003 Aras Verlag
- Selcuk Aksin Somel Historical Dictionary of the Ottoman Empire 2003 Scarecrow Press
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Ayşe Hür: Bir Türkleştirme çabası: Agop mu, Yakup mu? AGOS newspaper article from January 11, 2008, Constantinople
- ↑ Grand Lodge of the Free and Accepted Masons of Turkey : Famous Turkish Freemasons ( Memento of April 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (Turkish)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Güllü, Agop |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Vartovyan, Agop (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Armenian theater director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1840 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Constantinople |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1902 |
| Place of death | Constantinople |