Abdullah Cevdet

In this article, the surname is Abdullah Cevdet.
Dr.
Abdullah Cevdet
Born(1869-09-09)9 September 1869
Arapgir, Ottoman Empire
Died29 November 1932(1932-11-29) (aged 63)
Istanbul, Turkey
Resting placeMerkezefendi Cemetery, Istanbul
NationalityOttoman, Turkish
CitizenshipOttoman Empire, then Turkey
EducationMedicine
Alma mater Turkish Military Academy
Occupation(s)Physician, writer and intellectual
MovementCUP (1895–1909),[1] Committee of Union and Progress (1889–1908), Democratic Party (1908–1911)

Abdullah Cevdet (Ottoman Turkish: عبدالله جودت‎; Turkish: Abdullah Cevdet Karlıdağ; 9 September 1869 – 29 November 1932) was an Ottoman Kurdish intellectual and physician.[2][3][4][5] He was one of the founders of the Committee of Union and Progress (CUP) and wrote articles with pen name of "Bir Kürd" ("A Kurd")[6][7] for the publications such as Meşveret, Kurdistan and Roji Kurd about Kurdish awakening and nationalism.[8][9][10] In 1908, he joined the Democratic Party which merged with the Freedom and Accord Party in 1911.[11] He was also a translator, radical free-thinker, and an ideologist of the CUP until 1908.[12]

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  7. ^ Jongerden (2012), p.169
  8. ^ Bajalan, D. (2021). The Cambridge History of the Kurds: The Kurdish Movement and the End of the Ottoman Empire, 1880–1923. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 104–137. doi:10.1017/9781108623711.005. S2CID 235541303.
  9. ^ "Xoybûn'un diplomasisi". Yeni Ozgur Politika (in Turkish). 22 June 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  10. ^ Ağcakulu, Ali (7 November 2019). "Jön Kürtler". Ahval (in Turkish). Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  11. ^ "Hüseyin Akar» 07- Abdullah Cevdet". Archived from the original on 13 February 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  12. ^ Arslanbenzer, Hakan (7 June 2019). "Abdullah Cevdet: Eccentric, strange and misunderstood". Daily Sabah. Retrieved 24 April 2020.