Ahmed Şuayb (Aḥmed Şuʿayb, 1292-1327/1876-1910) was born and educated in Istanbul and attended successively Fātiḥ High School, Vefā Preparatory School, and the Law School (Mekteb-i Hukuk, Mekteb-i Hukūk). In addition to his position at the Customs Directorate, he taught administrative law at the Law School as an assistant to Professor İbrahim Hakkı Bey /Ibrāhīm Ḥaqqı Bey, later paşa and grand vizier from January 1910 to September 1911). At a young age Ahmed Şuayb joined the New Literature movement (Edebiyat-ı Cedide, Edebiyyāt-ı Cedīde), which