Mehmed Emin Yazıcı
He was born in Tophane on 5 Jumada al-Ula 1300 AH / 14 March 1884 CE as the son of Hâfız Eyyüb Sabrî Efendi, the preacher (hatib) of the Hırka-i Sa‘adet Mosque. He was the brother of the calligrapher Hatib Ömer Vasfi Efendi. After completing his primary education, he graduated from Feyziye Secondary School and Mekteb-i İdâdî-i Mülkî (Civil High School). Later, while attending Law School, he also pursued Islamic studies up to logic (tasavvûrât) under Hoca Nurî Efendi at the Süleymaniye Mosque; however, he was unable to receive his diploma (ijazah) due to his master's passing.
After graduating in 1902, he became an intern at the Correspondence Bureau of the Ministry of Posts and Telegraphs. Although he was later promoted to chief clerk (müsevvid), with the outbreak of the First World War, he was transferred to the Mapping Branch of the General Staff Office. Here, he rose to the position of second-class examiner. After 1923, he continued his civil service in Ankara and was promoted to first-class examiner in 1927. Retiring in 1931, he returned to Istanbul.
In the family home in Tophane inherited from his father, he devoted himself to music and calligraphy. However, in 1943, suffering a stroke that paralyzed one side of his body, he was deprived of practicing the arts he deeply loved. Passing away in this condition on 3 February 1945, he was buried beside his elder brother, Hatib Ömer Vasfî Efendi, in the Eyüp Cemetery.
He was born in Tophane on 5 Jumada al-Ula 1300 AH / 14 March 1884 CE as the son of Hâfız Eyyüb Sabrî Efendi, the preacher (hatib) of the Hırka-i Sa‘adet Mosque. He was the brother of the calligrapher Hatib Ömer Vasfi Efendi. After completing his primary education, he graduated from Feyziye Secondary School and Mekteb-i İdâdî-i Mülkî (Civil High School). Later, while attending Law School, he also pursued Islamic studies up to logic (tasavvûrât) under Hoca Nurî Efendi at the Süleymaniye Mosque; however, he was unable to receive his diploma (ijazah) due to his master's passing.
After graduating in 1902, he became an intern at the Correspondence Bureau of the Ministry of Posts and Telegraphs. Although he was later promoted to chief clerk (müsevvid), with the outbreak of the First World War, he was transferred to the Mapping Branch of the General Staff Office. Here, he rose to the position of second-class examiner. After 1923, he continued his civil service in Ankara and was promoted to first-class examiner in 1927. Retiring in 1931, he returned to Istanbul.
In the family home in Tophane inherited from his father, he devoted himself to music and calligraphy. However, in 1943, suffering a stroke that paralyzed one side of his body, he was deprived of practicing the arts he deeply loved. Passing away in this condition on 3 February 1945, he was buried beside his elder brother, Hatib Ömer Vasfî Efendi, in the Eyüp Cemetery.
