Only 17 Years Old

Only 17 Years Old Ahmet Mithat Efendi - Demet Sustam / İş Bankası Publications Year of Publication: 2020 Number of Pages: 236 Paper Type: Book Paper Size: 12-5 x 20-5 Language: Turkish Binding Status: Paperback ISBN: 9786257999458 Author: Ahmet Mithat Efendi Prepared by: Demet Sustam Ahmet Efendi and Hulusi Efendi go to Beyoğlu to watch a play staged at the French Theatre. They drink too much and get drunk, and when it rains late at night, they go to a brothel to spend the night. The girl brought before Ahmet Efendi is Kalyopi, who is "only 17 years old". The days following that night will completely change the lives of both Kalyopi and Ahmet Efendi... The "immoral woman" character is often encountered in the works of the Tanzimat Period. However, these are generally women who should be avoided and who ruin the male protagonist's life and make his life miserable. In this respect, Ahmet Mithat differs from other writers of the period. He listens to Kalyopi and shares this painful story with his readers, asking people to look into what is considered "immoral". Ahmet Mithat Efendi (1844-1912) is one of the leading writers of the Tanzimat period. He started his writing life with journalism and added story and novel writing to his writing career, writing nearly one hundred and fifty works in various fields. Since he sees writing as a tool to educate the public, he is always in dialogue with the reader in his works full of encyclopedic information. He started his career in journalism, first as a writer and then as an editor-in-chief at the Tuna newspaper in Sofia. In Baghdad, where he went with Mithat Pasha, he deepened his knowledge of Western and Eastern cultures by entering a very diverse cultural environment, including painters Osman Hamdi Bey Muhammed Zühavi and Shirazlı Bakır Can Muattar. He set up his own printing house in his house in Tahtakale and started publishing his books. On the other hand, he continues his journalism with newspapers and magazines such as Devir Bedir Dağarcık Kırkambar. Because of his writings, the Abdulaziz administration exiled him along with Namık Kemal. During his three-year exile in Rhodes, he opened a school for children, started teaching, and wrote his first novels. When he returned to Istanbul, he held various civil servant positions and founded Tercüman-ı Hakikat, one of the longest-running newspapers in the history of the Turkish press. We will continue to include selected works of Ahmet Mithat, who wrote on almost every subject, even with new techniques, in our Turkish Literature Classics Series.