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Fikret
ADİL
Fikret Adil, writer, journalist. His last name
was Kamertan. He was the son of Mahmut
Adil and Safiye Hanım. In his senior year
at Galatasaray High School he drafted
voluntarily to take part in Turkish War of
Independence. He returned to Istanbul
close to the proclamation of the republic
(September 1923). He worked for several
state corporations and then joined Türkiye
İş Bankası as an editorial consultant. He
worked there between the years 1937 and
1966. He started his writing career in various
Turkish magazines as well as newspapers
such as Tanin, Cumhuriyet, Vakit, Aşkam,
Yeni Istanbul and Havadis. He was known
for his art pieces, stories and interviews. He
prepared painting and cinema chronicles.
His articles were usually about criticism
of poetry, music, painting, theatre and
sculpture. He died in Switzerland where he
travelled for Parkinson treatment in 1973.
“All the adventure seeking,
deported and world-travelling
foreigners and all the artists
working at bars live on Asmalı-
mescit. “
Asmalımescit 74