Ahmet Cevdet Oran

สถานที่: Istanbul

เกิด: 1957

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Ahmet Oran was born in Istanbul, Turkey in 1957. He studied painting in Istanbul and Vienna, and began his career as a translator at the newspaper Tercümân-ı Hakîkat. He later became a journalist and worked as the chief editor of different newspapers, including Sabah, Tarik and Saadet. In 1894, he launched a newspaper entitled İkdam which he also edited. Ahmet Oran was known for employing pure Turkish instead of Ottoman Turkish in his writings. He was in opposition to the Committee of Union and Progress, and went into exile in Switzerland. He returned to the country following the establishment of Republic of Turkey and continued his career in journalism. He was also the publisher of many books such as Evliya Çelebi's Seyahatnâme and Şemseddin Sâmî's Kamus-ı Türki. Ahmet Oran died in Ankara on 27 May 1935.