Cevat Sakir Kabaagaçli
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Halicarnassus
Halicarnassus was an ancient Greek city at the site of modern Bodrum in Turkey. It was located in southwest Caria on a picturesque, advantageous site on the Ceramic Gulf. The city was famous for the tomb of Mausolus, the origin of the word mausoleum, built between 353 BC and 350 BC, and...
"; "Halikarnas Balıkçısı" in Turkish
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) was a Turkish
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writer of novels, short-stories and essays, as well as being a keen ethnographer and travelogue
Travel literature
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Biography
He is deeply associated with BodrumBodrum
Bodrum is a port city in Muğla Province, in the southwestern Aegean Region of Turkey. It is located on the southern coast of Bodrum Peninsula, at a point that checks the entry into the Gulf of Gökova. The site was called Halicarnassus of Caria in ancient times and was famous for housing the...
where he started to live as of 1927 by reason of a sentence of three-years' exile and, fallen under the spell of the town. After serving the last part of his time in Istanbul, he returned and settled down in Bodrum where he lived for 25 years, whence his pen-name in reference to Halicarnassus
Halicarnassus
Halicarnassus was an ancient Greek city at the site of modern Bodrum in Turkey. It was located in southwest Caria on a picturesque, advantageous site on the Ceramic Gulf. The city was famous for the tomb of Mausolus, the origin of the word mausoleum, built between 353 BC and 350 BC, and...
, name of the city in antiquity. He is largely credited for bringing the formerly sleepy fishing and sponge-diving town of Bodrum, as well as the entire shoreline of the Blue Cruise
Blue Cruise
A Blue Cruise, also known as a Blue Voyage , is a term used for recreational voyages along the Turkish Riviera, on Turkey's southwestern coast...
, to the attention of the Turkish intelligentsia
Intelligentsia
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and the reading public first, and by extension, for paving the way towards the formation of international tourist attraction the region became.
Cevat Şakir had a deep impact on the evolution of intellectual ideas in Turkey
Turkey
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during the 20th century. An erudite and colorful person, he remains a figure of reverence.
Short stories
- Ege Kıyılarından (1939)
- Merhaba Akdeniz (1947)
- Ege’nin Dibi (1952)
- Yaşasın Deniz (1954)
- Gülen Ada (1957)
- Ege’den (1972)
- Gençlik Denizlerinde (1973)
- Parmak Damgası (1986)
- Dalgıçlar (1991)
- Gündüzünü Kaybeden Kuş
Novels
- Aganta Burina Burinata (1945)
- Ötelerin Çocuğu (1956)
- Uluç Reis (1962)
- Turgut Reis (1966)
- Deniz Gurbetçileri (1969)
Essays
- Anadolu Efsaneleri (1954)
- Anadolu Tanrıları (1955)
- Mavi Sürgün (self-biography, 1961)
- Anadolu’nun Sesi (analysis, 1971)
- Hey Koca Yurt (1972)
- Merhaba Anadolu (1980)
- Düşün Yazıları (1981)
- Altıncı Kıta Akdeniz (1982)
- Sonsuzluk Sessiz Büyür (1983)
- Çiçeklerin Düğünü (1991)
- Arşipel (1993)
Points
- On one occasion in 1950, "the Fisherman of Halicarnassus" also starred in a minor role in a movie, under the screen nameScreen nameScreen name may refer to:* Stage name, pseudonyms used for film appearances* User , pseudonyms used for internet communications and BBSs...
"Cevat Şakir Kabaağaç"
See also
- Blue CruiseBlue CruiseA Blue Cruise, also known as a Blue Voyage , is a term used for recreational voyages along the Turkish Riviera, on Turkey's southwestern coast...
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- Sabahattin EyüboğluSabahattin EyübogluSabahattin Eyüboğlu was a Turkish writer, essayist, translator and film producer.- Biography :Sabahatttin Eyüboğlu was born in 1908 on the Black Sea coast town of Akçaabat near Trabzon...
- Fahrelnissa Zeid
- Aliye Berger
- Şirin Devrim
- Nejad Devrim
- Cem Kabaağaç
- Füreya KoralFüreya KoralFüreya Koral was the first female Turkish ceramists whose work blended the elements of Islamic and Western art from the East with abstract and other influences from the West. She worked in a variety of media such as tiles, statuettes and panels.-Early life:Füreya Koral was born in Istanbul...