Sedat Simavi

Sedat Simavi was born in 1896 in Istanbul. He made his debut in 1916 with a weekly and directed two fiction films in 1917, then a third in 1918, before devoting himself to the press: he founded illustrated and satirical magazines, a first daily newspaper in 1920 and, on 1 May 1948, the daily Hürriyet. He was one of the founders of the Association of Turkish Journalists, in 1946. A foundation in his name awards a literary prize every year. He died in Istanbul on 11 December 1953.

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• CinemaPençeSedat Simavi · 1917Cinema