Safveti Ziya

Safveti Ziya was an Ottoman-Turkish writer. Born in Istanbul in 1875 and died on 25 July 1929.[1] Ziya graduated from Galatasaray High School.[1] He held various government posts, and in the early years of the republic, he became chief of protocol in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[1]

In 1896 he joined the French-influenced Servet-i Fünun literary movement. Ziya is best known for his novel Salon Köşelerinde (1910), a portrait of the cosmopolitan social life of Istanbul.[1]

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  1. 1 2 3 4 "SAFVETİ, Ziya". www.ktb.gov.tr. Retrieved 2026-08-23.