Süleyman Nazif was a Turkish poet and a prominent member of the CUP. He mastered Arabic, Persian, and French languages and worked as a civil servant during the reign of Sultan Abdul Hamid II. He contr
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Grave of Süleyman Nazif at Edirnekapı Cemetery in Istanbul.
Ahmed Rıza Bey was a Turkish activist, intellectual, politician, author, educator, polymath, and a prominent Young Turk. He was an early leader of the Committee of Union and Progress.
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…the ideas and aims of the Young Ottomans. He left Istanbul and settled in Paris in 1897. There he contributed to Meşveret which had been started by Ahmet Rıza and joined the Committee of Union and Progress. He stayed in Paris for eight months. When he returned home, he was forced to work at a secretary post…
Rıza in 1909
Ahmet Rıza in his early years
Rıza was highly influenced by Auguste Comte's and his works