About Safveti Ziya
Lived 1875 – 1929 (aged 53–54). Safveti Ziya was a Turkish writer and narrator.
Safveti Ziya was an Ottoman-Turkish writer. Born in Istanbul in 1875 and died on 25 July 1929. Ziya graduated from Galatasaray High School. He held various government posts, and in the early years of the republic, he became chief of protocol in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
In 1896 he joined the French-influenced Servet-i Fünun literary movement. Ziya is best known for his novel Salon Köşelerinde (1910), a portrait of the cosmopolitan social life of Istanbul.
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Who was Safveti Ziya?
Turkish writer (1875–1929)
When was Safveti Ziya born?
Safveti Ziya was born in 1875 in Istanbul.
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Safveti Ziya died in 1929 in Istanbul.
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Safveti Ziya was a writer and narrator.
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Safveti Ziya was Turkish.
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