Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for Namık Kemal across 4 places, from 1840 to 1888.
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Namık Kemal (21 December 1840 – 2 December 1888) was an Ottoman writer, poet, democrat, intellectual, reformer, journalist, playwright, and political activist who was influential in the formation of the Young Ottomans and their struggle for governmental reform in the Ottoman Empire during the late TWikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Namık Kemal was documented, and when
21 December 1840exact date
Tekirdağattested“An Ottoman subject, Namık Kemal was born in Tekirdağ (present-day Turkey, then part of the Ottoman Empire) on 21 December 1840, to mother Fatma Zehra Hanım and father Mustafa Asım Bey, the chief astrologer in the Sultan's Palace.”source: Wikipedia: Namık Kemal
1867year
Parisattested“As a result of his criticism of the government, Namık Kemal was exiled from the Ottoman Empire in 1867 and fled to Paris where many other exiled Young Ottomans had found refuge.”source: Wikipedia: Namık Kemal
1869 to 1870period
Istanbulattested“In 1869 or 1870, Kemal was allowed to return to Constantinople and proceeded to write for a number of Young Ottoman-run newspapers, and eventually published one of his own, İbret ("Admonition"), in which he addressed more intellectual, s…”source: Wikipedia: Namık Kemal
1888year
Chiosattested“Thus, for the third time, Kemal was removed from Constantinople by being forced into an administrative position in Chios, where he would die in 1888.”source: Wikipedia: Namık Kemal
1888year
Istanbulattested“Thus, for the third time, Kemal was removed from Constantinople by being forced into an administrative position in Chios, where he would die in 1888.”source: Wikipedia: Namık Kemal
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1868year
Parismentioned“In 1868, after being forced to seek refuge in Paris, Kemal began to handle the publication of the newspaper Hürriyet ("Liberty"), which also espoused the purpose of the Young Ottomans.”source: Wikipedia: Namık Kemal
1873 to 1876period
Cyprusmentioned“During this second exile, Kemal took refuge in Cyprus, in a building known as the Namık Kemal Dungeon in Famagusta, where he remained for three years between 1873 and 1876.”source: Wikipedia: Namık Kemal
1873 to 1876period
Famagustamentioned“During this second exile, Kemal took refuge in Cyprus, in a building known as the Namık Kemal Dungeon in Famagusta, where he remained for three years between 1873 and 1876.”source: Wikipedia: Namık Kemal
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