He is one of our opinion-leaders who worked for Turkish history and nation ideal. He was born in Kilis in 1861. He is from a Spahi family called Bal Hasan Oğulları. He chose the surname Yaziksiz for him after surname law.
He graduated from War Academy in 1880 as a Lieutenant, and then taught classes such as Turkish language, French and history in Military Schools and War Academy, and retired as a Colonel passing his military life as a teacher.
After 1908 revolution, he became a teacher in Istanbul Darül Funun (University) of Turkish History and Language. He was elected as Erzurum deputy in Turkish Parliament in third election term.
He died on 12 December 1935 in Kadiköy at his house. He was buried in Erenköy at Sahrayıcedit graveyard. He published many grammar, reading, geography and history books in his days as a teacher at Military Secondary School. Apart from these textbooks, his books and translations such as Medrese-i Edep, Medeniyete Hizmet, Sitler and his booklets on French, and even physics and drawing. His articles about Turkish ideal and history were published by means of İkdam newspaper.
He has about 40 books most of which are booklets. The number of his articles reached 1000. He is one of the rare people who dealt with Turkish history and Turkish ideal in the intense pro-Ottoman atmosphere of period of Abdulhamit the 2nd. He was the first to translate Gök Bayrak.
Necip Asım was awarded a medal and a plate from the Chicago Expedition in 1892 due to his books on Turkish language. Societe Asiatique in Paris elected him as a member in 1895. After 1908 revolution, he wrote articles in many magazines such as Türk Yurdu, Bilgi, Edebiyat Fakültesi Mecmuası, Türk Tarih Cemiyeti Mecmuası. He taught Turkish History and Turkish Language History courses in Istanbul University at the same time.
Necip Asım began to prepare a Turkish History together with deceased Arif Bey, and the first volume pertaining to the Turks before Ottoman was published by History Council. His book covering a small brochure in Orkhun language used by Middle Asia Turks in the first years after Christ and investigations about Orkhun Memorials erected in VIIIth century by Yeniçay shores is very useful for our language and literature.
Apart from those, he found out in the library of Saint Sofia, a copy of the book written in verse in Uyghur letters named Aybetül-Hakayık in Hakaniye dialect by a Turkish poet named Ahmet, son of Mahmut, who grew up in Yuknak city in 12th century, and read it, and published both the photograph and translation to our dialect of this book as a book consisting of two chapters, which meant a great contribution to our literature history.
Necip Asim had learnt French, Arabic, Uyghur, and Cagatay languages.