Namık Kemal
Namık Kemal (, ; ; 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. He is often regarded as being instrumental in redefining Western concepts like
natural rights and
constitutional government.
Provided by Wikipedia
