Hababam Sınıfı
Novel, 1957
About
Hababam Sınıfı did not begin as a novel but as magazine pieces. Rıfat Ilgaz joined the writing staff of the humour magazine Dolmuş on 23 February 1956. Its writers took pen names from car parts, and his was "Stepne" — the spare tyre.
The pieces published under that name through 1956 and 1957 were gathered into a novel in 1957. Ilgaz had drawn on his own memories of the Kastamonu High School he attended.
The book uses comedy to take apart the Turkish education system — its copying, its rote learning, its hollow deference. It was adapted for the screen in 1975 by Ertem Eğilmez, who asked Ilgaz's permission, softened the sharpness of the prose and added several characters.
The Cide connectionIts author was born in Cide, and readers who come to the district can visit the house as a museum.
- Author
- Rıfat Ilgaz
- First published
- Dolmuş magazine, 1956–1957
- Pen name
- Stepne
- Novel
- 1957
- Film adaptation
- 1975, directed by Ertem Eğilmez
Somewhere you can go and see
Museum
Rıfat Ilgaz House Museum
The Cide house where Rıfat Ilgaz, author of Hababam Sınıfı, was born — now open as a museum.
1.4 km · 5 min
Culture and History
Person1911 – 1993
Rıfat Ilgaz
Poet, writer and teacher
Rıfat Ilgaz, who wrote Hababam Sınıfı, was born in Cide in 1911; the house is now a museum.
Person? – 1964
Rahime Kaptan
The woman skipper who carried ammunition in the War of Independence
The Cide-born woman skipper who carried ammunition from Cide to İnebolu during the War of Independence.
Film2024
Mukadderat
Feature film, 2024
A feature film shot in Cide that took three awards at the Antalya Golden Orange festival.
Start your trip from Cide
Salapurya Hotel is on the Cide seafront, at the gateway to all of this. Call us to check availability.