Refik Halid Karay and his memoirs of exile

2019-05-04
Wasti, Syed Tanvir
Refik Halid Karay was a prominent late Ottoman Turkish novelist and journalist, who felt at odds with the political environment of his time and did not hesitate to attack it with his humorous and satirical pen. In consequence, he was twice exiled from Istanbul, firstly for five years within Turkey, and secondly, when he was not allowed to enter Turkey for sixteen years as one of the so-called 150ers who were deprived of their citizenship. The life and times of this quick-witted writer of elegant Turkish prose are presented around the broad framework of his two memoirs of exile. The 150ers were later granted a pardon and Refik Halid Karay returned to Turkey in 1938.
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Citation Formats
S. T. Wasti, “Refik Halid Karay and his memoirs of exile,” MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES, pp. 450–463, 2019, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/63561.