Halid Ziya Usakligil, the Turkish author, poet and playwright, whose works include the flagship 'Wealth of Knowledge' during the late Ottoman Empire was critical of which Sultan who was deposed during the Young Turk Revolution in 1908?
Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil (also spelled Halit and Uşakizâde) (] ; 1866 – 27 March 1945) was a Turkish author, poet, and playwright. A part of the "Edebiyat-ı Cedide" ("New Literature") movement of the late Ottoman Empire, he was the founder of and contributor to many literary movements and institutions, including his flagship "Servet-i Fünun" ("The Wealth of Knowledge") journal. He was a strong critic of the Sultan Abdul Hamid II, which led to the censorship of much of his work by the Ottoman government. His many novels, plays, short stories, and essays include his 1899 romance novel "Aşk-ı Memnu" ("Forbidden Love"), which has been adapted into an internationally successful television series of the same name.
150 personae non gratae of Turkey The 150 personae non gratae of Turkey (Turkish: "Yüzellilikler" , 'Hundred-and-fiftyers' ) is a list of high-ranking personages of the Ottoman Empire who were exiled from the Republic of Turkey shortly after the end of the Turkish War of Independence in 1923 and the dissolution of the empire.