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In his book of memoirs Kırk Yıl, Halit Ziya Uşaklıgil states that he had wanted to portray Ahmet Cemil as a young man with a “drive for love” and a “dream for art” who has inhaled the “poison-filled air diffusing through the homeland”, but the circumstances of the time prevented him from reaching the first step of this goal. According to the writer, Ahmet Cemil remained an incomplete draft, surrounded by uncertainty (p. 463).
The “poison-filled air diffusing through the homeland” that the writer had to give up on refers to the years of the reign of Sultan Abdulhamid II which are remembered by censorship, spies, exile, and investigations. In his work Nesl-i Ahîr, which was written after 1908, the writer portrays these circumstances he had given up on in Mai ve Siyah. The works of Halit Ziya, just as the works of all people of letters, include individuals showing similar characteristics to each other. However, beyond resembling each other, Ahmet Cemil in Mai ve Siyah and İrfan in Nesl-i Ahîr complement each other.
Ahmet Cemil and İrfan are both artists whose works are not understood.
İrfan has visited Europe, which has been in the dreams of Ahmet Cemil.
Differences in social status prevented Ahmet Cemil from expressing his feelings for Lamia and İrfan from expressing his feelings for Azra. The love both feel is impossible.
Ahmet Cemil and İrfan carry resemblances from Halit Ziya, who has given life to them.
The writer uses elements that evoke each other while introducing Ahmet Cemil and İrfan to the reader.
Ahmet Cemil is described as a person who likes Western music and is knowledgeable about it, but this aspect of his is not much elaborated on in the work. Halit Ziya fills this gap by portraying İrfan in Nesl-i Ahîr with his musician side.
Ahmet Cemil contemplates suicide but cannot achieve it, while İrfan completes what Ahmet Cemil leaves unfinished.
These interpretations are discussed in the article under the headings “Introduction”, “Ahmet Cemil and İrfan with Their Similarities”, “Evocations of Mai ve Siyah in Nesl-i Ahîr”, “Artist Sons, Respectable Fathers”, “Tragic End”, and “Conclusion”, and these main headings are detailed with sub-headings.

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