Cemal Kutay

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Cemal Kutay (* 1909 in Konya ; † February 5, 2006 in İstanbul ) was a Turkish historian and writer.

Cemal Kutay is Kurdish on his father's side and Turkish on his mother's side. Cemal Kutay's father, Tahir Muhlis Kutay, was a judge and grandson of the Bedirxan Beg . Among other things, he worked in Konya, where Cemal Kutay was born. His mother Süreyya Hanım comes from Dimetoka in western Thrace , today Didymoticho in Greece. Cemal Kutay was one of seven children. At the age of 13 he lost his father. He graduated from Kadikoy Middle School in Istanbul. Between 1924 and 1928 he worked for the Anadolu Ajansı news agency . In 1928 he went to Ankara to work and started working for the Hakimiyet-i Milliye newspaper . He stayed in Ankara until 1939. After that, he and others brought out the newspaper Yeni Anadolu Gazetesi (New Anatolia Newspaper) in Konya . He also wrote in various newspapers and magazines such as the Zaman Dergisi from Konya and the Halk Gazetesi and Millet Dergisi from Istanbul.

His first book was published in 1935. Kutay wrote primarily on historical subjects. His popular view in the articles has also been criticized. He is said not to have hesitated to adjust or ignore historical documents. By 2001 he had published 183 books.

In addition to Turkish , Cemal Kutay also spoke Arabic , Persian and French . In 1944 Cemal Kutay married Melahat Günan, who was a descendant of refugees from Rumelia , from Niğde . They had five children together.

Works (selection)

  • Türkiye İstiklal ve Hürriyet Mücadeleleri Tarihi (The History of Turkey's Struggle for Independence and Freedom ), 20 volumes, 1957–1962
  • Bilinmeyen Tarihimiz ( Our Unknown Story ), 4 volumes, 1974–1975
  • Tarih Sohbetleri ( Conversations on History ), 9 volumes, 1966–1968
  • Örtülü Tarihimiz ( Our Hidden History ), 2 volumes, 1975
  • Sisli Tarihimiz ( Our Clouded Story ), 2 volumes, 1975
  • Midhat Paşanın Gurbet Hatıraları (3 cilt, 1983),
  • Geçmişten Günümüze Türk Kitaplığı
  • Türkçe İbadet

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ www.biyografi.net
  2. ↑ a b Popüler tarih tarihin neresinde article from Yenişafak of March 7, 2007
personal data
SURNAME Kutay, Cemal
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Turkish writer and historian
DATE OF BIRTH 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Konya
DATE OF DEATH February 5, 2006
Place of death Istanbul