He is one of the most important figures of the Edebiyat-ı Cedide (New Literary Movement). He also wrote satirical poems under the pseudonym Hemrah. He later wrote on journalism, criticism and translation. He started his literary life by writing stories, novels and prose poems. He was a graduate of Vefa High School, Istanbul.
Hüseyin Cahit was born in 1874 in Balıkesir. His publications defending the idea of a homogenous nation became popular within the Party of Union and Progress. He is famous for having been a dissident journalist, who was put on trial and punished due to his political newspaper columns. Hüseyin Cahit Yalçın (7 December 1874 – 18 October 1957) was a prominent Turkish theorist, writer and politician.
