Description

Original manuscript autograph letter signed. 30 x 10 cm. In Ottoman script. 1 p. Dated 10/11/1933. It's a 'condolences' letter which has also one poem (verse). Important item for Turkish literary history. Sent to Izmir governor Sefik Refik Soyer, (1889-1962). Formerly known as Panakoglu Mehmet Behçet, he was given the name Perim later. A graduate of High School, upon the outbreak of the First World War, he was drafted into the army. Returning to his hometown after the war, he served as teacher, school director and journalist. In 1927 he settled in Turkey afterwards he served as governor in the sub-districts of Hatay and Afyon provinces and as the Director of Civilian Defense in Izmir. He had the great majority of his articles and poems published in journals and reviews in Bulgaria such as Altinkalem (Rahva, 8 issues, 1924), Hali (Sofia, 1920-1924), Koca Balkan (26 issues, 1925), Bulgaristan (1926), Tuna Boyu, and Mücadele. He also worked as a reporter for the review Bulgaristan Türk Muallimler Mecmuasi and other reviews published in Turkish. Works: Situation of the Bulgarian Turks, 1923; Hatay, the Region of Waterfalls, 1943; On the Way to Motherland, in verse, 1923; A Man Stands Up Where He Falls, 1933; Old Leaves, memoir-story, 1942.

Lingue: Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928)