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İbrahim Şinasi

1826 - 1871

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İbrahim Şinasi Efendi (Ottoman Turkish: ابراهيم شناسى أفندی, romanized: ʾİbrâhîm Şinâsî ʾEfendî; 5 August 1826 – 13 September 1871) was a pioneering Ottoman intellectual, founder of Turkish dramaturgy, author, journalist, translator, playwright, linguist and newspaper editor. He was the innovator of several fields: he wrote one of the earliest examples of an Ottoman play, he encouraged the trend of translating poetry from French into Turkish, he simplified the script used for writing the Ottoman Turkish language, and he was one of the first of the Ottoman writers to write specifically for the broader public. Şinasi used his newspapers, Tercüman-ı Ahvâl and Tasvîr-i Efkâr, to promote the proliferation of European Enlightenment ideals during the Tanzimat period, and he made the education of the literate Ottoman public his personal vocation. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. İbrahim Şinasi is the 3,423rd most popular writer (up from 4,087th in 2019), the 939th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 1,040th in 2019) and the 96th most popular Turkish Writer.

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Among writers, İbrahim Şinasi ranks 3,423 out of 7,302. Before him are Karl Ove Knausgård, Niccolò Tommaseo, Alexis Piron, Lyudmila Petrushevskaya, Mariano Azuela, and Rabia Balkhi. After him are Prince Henri of Orléans, Guzal Sitdikova, Salvador Espriu, Paul Fleming, Anna Gavalda, and Martynas Mažvydas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1826, İbrahim Şinasi ranks 39. Before him are Frederic Edwin Church, Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, Hormuzd Rassam, Richard Christopher Carrington, Gustav Heinrich Wiedemann, and Princess Alexandra of Bavaria. After him are Franz Grashof, Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg, Charles Barbier de Meynard, Romuald Traugutt, Johann Köler, and Lea Ahlborn. Among people deceased in 1871, İbrahim Şinasi ranks 41. Before him are Prince Gaetan, Count of Girgenti, József Eötvös, Hermann, Fürst von Pückler-Muskau, Henry E. Steinway, Paolo Savi, and Josef Mánes. After him are Charles Antoine Lemaire, August Immanuel Bekker, Julius Weisbach, Cristina Trivulzio Belgiojoso, Louis Charles Delescluze, and Édouard Lartet.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, İbrahim Şinasi ranks 939 out of 1,347. Before him are Mehmed Said Pasha (1830), Georgios Orphanidis (1859), Hülya Avşar (1963), Mansur Yavaş (1955), Orhan Gencebay (1944), and Mari Beyleryan (1877). After him are Hypatius of Gangra (300), Mkrtich Khrimian (1820), Köprülüzade Numan Pasha (1670), Öküz Mehmed Pasha (1557), Âşık Veysel (1894), and Jacob of Nisibis (300).

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Among WRITERS In Türkiye

Among writers born in Türkiye, İbrahim Şinasi ranks 96. Before him are Diphilus (-350), Theodore Balsamon (1140), Muazzez İlmiye Çığ (1914), Bâkî (1526), Phlegon of Tralles (200), and Nigâr Hanım (1856). After him are Arctinus of Miletus (-800), Yervant Odian (1869), Nihal Atsız (1905), Musine Kokalari (1917), George Kodinos (1350), and Aurora Mardiganian (1901).

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