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Cevat Fehmi Başkut (1905, Edirne - 15 March 1971, Istanbul), Turkish playwright and journalist.

His mother is Cemile, and his father is Ömer Fehmi Efendi. Cevat Fehmi Başkut, who studied at Istanbul Boys' High School, spent the years of the Turkish War of Independence in Ankara. He worked as a proofreader at the TGNA Printing House. He worked as a court clerk in the parliament.

Between 1928-1963, he worked as a reporter, writer, and editor-in-chief in the newspapers Vakit, Son Saat, Son Posta and Cumhuriyet. He served as the chairman of the Istanbul Journalists Association.

Başkut, who works as a lecturer at Istanbul University Faculty of Economics Journalism Institute, wrote an interview book called "Who's Waiting for Us at Night" and several novel essays.

His first play "Big City" was staged at Istanbul City Theaters in the 1942-1943 season and attracted great attention. In this interest, he focused his studies on the theater. He tried to write new plays every year. The changes that emerged after the Republic in Turkey, and the plays that he narrated using humorous elements gained widespread fame.

He tried to characterize people from all layers of society and from all circles in his plays, in which he also tried form experiments. He became the first Turkish writer whose play was staged abroad. His best-known work, "Before the Ice Thaws", is still being exhibited by many theater companies today and has been adapted to the cinema twice. Başkut, who died as a result of a heart attack on March 15, 1971 at his home in Esentepe, was buried in Feriköy Cemetery.

Every year, the "Author of the Most Successful Local Play, Performed for the First Time That Year" award is given in his memory at the Afife Theater Awards.

He is also the father of deceased ambassador Yaman Başkut and theater artist Acar Başkut.

Awards

 * With the 1948 İnönü Theater Gift - Little City play.

works

 * Büyük Şehir (1943)
 * Ayarsızlar (1944)
 * Hacı Kaptan (1945)
 * Küçük Şehir (1946)
 * Koca Bebek (1947)
 * Paydos (1948)
 * Sana Rey Veriyorum (1951)
 * Soygun (1946)
 * Kadıköy İskelesi'nde (1953)
 * Makine (1953-1954)
 * Harput'ta Bir Amerikalı (1955)
 * Kleopatra'nın Mezarı (1957)
 * Tablodaki Adam (1958)
 * Hacıyatmaz (1960)
 * Öbür Gelişte (1960)
 * Göç (1962)
 * Buzlar Çözülmeden (1964)
 * Hepimiz Birimiz İçin (1965)
 * Üzüntüyü Bırak (1965)
 * Ayna (1966)
 * Emekli (1967)
 * Ölen Hangisi (1969)
 * Dostlar (!) (1970)

Filmography (work)

 * Let's call it a day! - 2004
 * Crazy crazy earrings - 1986
 * Without Defrosting - 1965
 * Heist - 1953