Memduh Şevket Esendal

Died in 1952

Memduh Şevket Esendal was born in Çorlu, on 29 March 1883 according to turkedebiyati.org, on 28 March 1884 according to the Küre encyclopedia. From a modest family, he was self-taught. Having joined the Committee of Union and Progress while young, he taught history and geography, then became a diplomat in Baku, ambassador in Tehran and envoy in Kabul. Deputy for Elazığ, then for Bilecik, he was secretary-general of the Republican People's Party from 1942 to 1945. He long signed with his initials and died in Ankara in May 1952.

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Short storiesOtlakçıMemduh Şevket Esendal · 1946not translated into EnglishLiterature