Mehmet Niyazi
(1878-1931)
Romanian writer and academic
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Mehmet Niyazi Cemali (Crimean Tatar: Memet Niyaziy; January or February 1878 – November 20, 1931) was an Ottoman-born Romanian and Crimean Tatar poet, journalist, schoolteacher, academic, and activist for ethnic Tatar causes. Present for part of his life in the Russian Empire and Crimea-proper, he wrote most of his works in Crimean Tatar and Ottoman Turkish. Niyazi is credited with having played a major part in keeping alive the connection between the Crimean Tatar diaspora and their land of origin, and is best known for his lyrical works depicting Crimea (The Green Island and The Green Homeland).
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1878 Asçîlar/Vânători, Danube Vilayet, Ottoman Empire
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20 November 1931 (aged 53) Medğidiye/Medgidia, Kingdom of Romania
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