Refi Cevat Ulunay
Refi Cevat Ulunay (Damascas, Syria: 1890-1968) was a Syrian-Turkish writer, and a controversial journalist and novelist during the Ottoman era.
Early life and career
[edit]Ulunay was born in Ottoman Damascus in 1890. He began writing for numerous Ottoman newspapers on topics such as literature, culture, philosophy and the arts.[1] He strongly criticized the Union and Progress Party between the years 1914 and 1918, and his writings opposing the Turkish Independence War lead to his exile until 1938.[2] Upon arriving in the Republic of Turkey, Ulunay was a columnist for the Turkish newspaper "Milliyet". He also wrote several books; the themes of love and sexuality are particularly dominant in "Köle" (1945) and "Eski İstanbul Yosmaları" (1959).[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Erguner, Kudsi (2005), Journeys of a Sufi Musician, Saqi Books, p. 27, ISBN 0863565476
- ^ Hurriyet (2008), 'Deli değil, zırdeliymiş!', Hurriyet, retrieved 2 January 2017
- ^ Oruç, Sema (2015), "Refi Cevat Ulunay'ın Romanlarında Aşk ve Cinsellik", Journal of Turkish Language and Literature, 1 (2): 109–114
