Hoca Kadri Efendi

Kadri worked as a teacher at various secondary schools in Constantinople.^[1] One of his pupils was Mehmet Akif Ersoy who reported that Hoca Kadri had a significant effect on his future career.^[2][3] Although Kadri was a very successful and influential educator, he had to leave Constantinople in 1896 due to the repression of the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II and his involvement in opposition activities.^[2] Hoca Kadri settled in Cairo and cofounded a magazine, Kanun-i Esasi, with the other Young Turks in December 1896.^[4][5] He also established another publication, Havâtır, in 1898 and edited the title until 1901.^[1]

Over time Hoca Kadri became the leader of the Young Turks in Egypt, but was excluded from the group in 1899.^[1] Following this incident he was still part of the group without being affiliated with any faction.^[1] He settled in Paris in late 1901 to collaborate with Ahmet Rıza who was leading the Young Turks there.^[1][6] Hoca Kadri participated in the Congress of Young Turks held in Paris on 4 February 1902.^[1] He published two books; İstinsaf and Zulüm ve Adl.^[1]

Hoca Kadri was married, and his two sons exiled with him into Cairo in 1896.^[1] He died in Paris in 1918.^[1]