Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Celalettin Arif akaberekerwa Mehmet Arif muErzurum, Ottoman Empire muna 1875. Apedza Soğukçeşme Military Middle School muIstanbul uye Galatasaray High School, akadzidza mutemo uye sayenzi yezvematongerwo enyika muParis, France. Pakati pa1901 na1908, akashanda segweta muCairo, Egypt. Paakadzokera kuIstanbul, akadzidzisa mutemo uye sayenzi yezvematongerwe enyika mumakoreji. Kubva muna 1914 kusvika muna 1920, akashanda sachigaro weconseil weBar of Istanbul. Akabatana-nheyo dzebato rezvematongerwo enyika "Osmanlı Ahrar Fıkrası" ("Ottoman Liberty Party"), uye akasarudzwa semutevedzeri kubva kuIstanbul kupinda muparamende yeOttoman muchikamu chayo chechina chemitemo. Musi waMarch 4, 1920 akasarudzwa kuva mutauriri weparamende iyo yakangogara kwenguva pfupi sezvo paramende yakaparadzwa musi waApril 5, 1920 nemauto eAllied panguva yekugara kweIstanbul.
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