When the Ottoman Empire began to become a modern state, all individual and social issues were affected by this situation. With the innovations in education policy, different methods emerged in the upbringing of children and young people. In this context, the lack of expert staff and institutions were also felt as much as the necessary tools. Wealthy families either sent their children abroad, they got help from non-Muslims, whom they were accepted as modern in education. Although the negative experiences of some poets and writers reflected to Turkish literature, there is not any research about this topic. Tevfik Fikret's son and Fatma Aliye's daughter converted to religion as a result of their Western-style education. Ali Ekrem's daughter refused Turkish citizenship and settled in the USA. Ali Ekrem's son, Cezmi studied at elite schools in Turkey and abroad, and took lessons from private teachers. As Namik Kemal's grandson, he instills the idea that he is the hope of the future. But when he was only twenty-first years old, he committed suicide. Consequently, with the chooses of other children since Cezmi’s death represents a lost generation, in this present study it is aimed at evaluating the effects of family life, social structure and innovation in an educational process on a young man who lived in the early 20th century.