Sedat Simavi

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Caricature by Sedat Simavi (1922)

Sedat Simavi (born January 1, 1896 in Istanbul , † December 11, 1953 ibid) was a Turkish publisher , journalist , caricaturist , writer and director . His pseudonym was Paramparça . In 1948 he was the founder of the Turkish-language daily Hürriyet .

Life

Simavi came from respected families on her father's and mother's side; his father was the governor of Samsun . He first attended the multilingual Saint Joseph Fransız Lisesi school in the Kadıköy district on the Asian side of Istanbul. Later he went to the renowned Galatasaray High School until 1912 .

He was a cartoonist at a young age. After finishing school he worked as a teacher for a few years . During the First World War he made films for national defense (Müdafaa-i Milliye Cemiyeti). The productions Pençe and Casus from 1917 are among the first full-fledged films in Turkey. During this time he published the political satirical magazines Hande (1916) and Diken (1918) as well as the progressive women's magazine Inci (1919). Later he was responsible for various magazines for women, fashion, health, satire and cinema such as Dersaadet (1920), Payitaht (1920), Güleryüz (1921), Hacıyatmaz (1921), Hanim (1921), Resimli Gazete (1923), Yildiz (1924), Meraklı Gazete (1926), Yeni Kitap (1927) and Arkadaş (1928). He subsequently published the popular magazines Yedigün (from 1933) and Karagöz (from 1935).

In 1946 he was one of the founders of the Turkish Association of Journalists and was its first chairman from 1946 to 1949. In 1948 he was the founder of the Turkish daily newspaper Hürriyet with an initial circulation of 30,000 copies, for which he worked as editor and lead article . After his death, his sons Haldun and Erol continued to run the newspaper. Today it is considered the most influential newspaper in the country.

In addition, Simavi worked as a writer. He published u. a. a novel and several plays.

Sedat-Simavi Prize

The Sedat-Simavi Prize has been awarded in various categories in his honor since 1977 .

Fonts (selection)

novel

  • Fuji Yama . Roman, 1934.

Pieces

  • Düşenin Dostları . Piece, 1940.
  • Hürriyet Apartmanı . Piece, 1940.
  • Ceza . Piece, 1941.

study

  • JJ Rousseau . Study, 1931.

Cartoon albums

  • Yeni Zenginler . Caricatures, 1918.
  • Kadınlar Saltanatı . Caricatures, 1920.
  • Turgut Çeviker (Ed.): Paramparça. Yeni zenginler. Harp fakirleri . Adam Yayinlari, Istanbul 1993, ISBN 975-418-198-5 .

Filmography

Director

  • 1917: Pençe / The Claw
  • 1917: Casus / The Spy
  • 1918: Alemdar Mustafa Pasa

script

  • 1917: Pençe / The Claw
  • 1917: Casus / The Spy
  • 1918: Alemdar Mustafa Pasa
  • 1944: Hürriyet apartmani

literature

  • Esra Oğuzhan Yeşilova: Gazetecilikte Bir Ömür. Sedat Simavi . Derin Yayinlari, Istanbul 2013, ISBN 978-605-5500-91-7 .
  • Elizabeth Thompson: Simavi, Sedat . In: Reeva S. Simon, Philip Mattar, Richard Bulliet : Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East . Volume 4, Macmillan Reference, New York 1996, ISBN 0-02-896011-4 , p. 1665.

Web links

Commons : Sedat Simavi  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gönül Dönmez-Colin: The Routledge Dictionary of Turkish Cinema . Routledge, New York 2014, ISBN 978-0-415-66626-8 -S. 282.
  2. ↑ a b c Metin Heper, Nur Bilge Criss: Historical Dictionary of Turkey . 3rd edition, Scarecrow Press, Plymouth 2009, ISBN 978-0-8108-6065-0 , p. 276.
  3. ↑ Daniel Müller: Uyum instead entegrasyotß. To the European edition of the Turkish newspaper Hürriye . In: Rainer Geißler , Horst Pöttker (Ed.): Mass media and the integration of ethnic minorities in Germany (= media upheavals , volume 30). Volume 2: Research Findings . Transcript, Bielefeld 2002, ISBN 978-3-8376-1027-7 , p. 301.
personal data
SURNAME Simavi, Sedat
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Paramparça (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Turkish publisher, journalist, caricaturist, writer and director
DATE OF BIRTH January 1, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH Istanbul
DATE OF DEATH December 11, 1953
Place of death Istanbul