Keçecizâde İzzet Molla

Keçecizâde Mehmed İzzet was born in Istanbul, in 1786 according to turkedebiyati.org, into a family originating from Konya; his father, Sâlih Efendi, had been chief military judge. He rose in the religious judiciary through the protection of Hâlet Efendi and became judge of Galata in 1820. After the execution of his protector, he refused to disown him and was exiled to Keşan in February 1823; an ode to the grand vizier earned him a pardon a year later. He then received the ranks of judge of Mecca and of Istanbul. For a memorandum against the war with Russia, he was exiled to Sivas in 1828 and died there in August 1829.

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• PoetryMihnet-keşânKeçecizâde İzzet Molla · 1824not translated into EnglishLiterature