WRITER

Namık Kemal

1840 - 1888

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Namık Kemal (Ottoman Turkish: نامق كمال, romanized: Nâmıḳ Kemâl, pronounced [ˈnaː.mɯk ce.ˈmal]; 21 December 1840 – 2 December 1888) was an Ottoman writer, poet, democrat, intellectual, reformer, journalist, playwright, and political activist who was influential in the formation of the Young Ottomans and their struggle for governmental reform in the Ottoman Empire during the late Tanzimat period, which would lead to the First Constitutional Era in the Empire in 1876. Kemal was particularly significant for championing the notions of freedom and fatherland in his numerous plays and poems, and his works would have a powerful impact on the establishment of and future reform movements in Turkey, as well as other former Ottoman territories. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Namık Kemal has received more than 242,982 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Namık Kemal is the 1,587th most popular writer (up from 1,701st in 2019), the 457th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 577th in 2019) and the 41st most popular Turkish Writer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Cezmi
1888
Kanije
1895
Evrak-i perişan
1884
Rūnān Mudāfe'e nāme-si
1908
Gülnihal
1875
Cezmi
1888
Vatan Yahut Silistre
2004
Vatan Yahut Silistre
2010
Intibah
2003
Cezmi
2010
Intibah
2002

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Namık Kemal ranks 1,587 out of 7,302. Before him are Langston Hughes, Alexander Polyhistor, Giorgio Bassani, Mór Jókai, Lydia Koidula, and Akiyuki Nosaka. After him are Attila József, Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Silvina Ocampo, Ibrahim ibn Yaqub, Clarissa Pinkola Estés, and Arnaldur Indriðason.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1840, Namık Kemal ranks 32. Before him are Kuroda Kiyotaka, Sisowath of Cambodia, Princess Margaretha of Saxony, August Leskien, Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres, and Johan Svendsen. After him are William, Prince of Orange, Manuel de Arriaga, Emin Pasha, Marie Bracquemond, George Smith, and Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild. Among people deceased in 1888, Namık Kemal ranks 26. Before him are Ali Rıza Efendi, Mary Ann Nichols, Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen, Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay, Asa Gray, and Annie Chapman. After him are Ludvig Nobel, Elizabeth Stride, Edward Lear, Jean-Marie Guyau, Princess Helena of Nassau, and Charles Cros.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Namık Kemal ranks 457 out of 1,347. Before him are Sophia (530), Sultan Walad (1226), Alexander Polyhistor (-100), Meletius of Antioch (400), Bardaisan (154), and Dani Rodrik (1957). After him are Nizamüddin Ahmed Pasha (1281), Saint Mercurius (224), Kemal Reis (1451), Yaşar Kemal (1923), Şah Sultan (1544), and Muhammad Said Ramadan al-Bouti (1929).

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Among WRITERS In Türkiye

Among writers born in Türkiye, Namık Kemal ranks 41. Before him are Symeon the Metaphrast (900), Kâtip Çelebi (1609), Hieronymus of Cardia (-390), George of Pisidia (580), Adnan Oktar (1956), and Alexander Polyhistor (-100). After him are Yaşar Kemal (1923), Muhammad Said Ramadan al-Bouti (1929), Mehmet Akif Ersoy (1873), Adamantios Korais (1748), Oribasius (325), and Nicander (-250).

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