Poet and
writer (b. 14 September 1925, Menemen / İzmir). He attended the Bursa Işıklar
Military High School (1943), the War Academy (1945), andgraduated from Istanbul
University, Faculty of Economics, Institute of Journalism (1954). He took up
journalism as a sports writer for the newspaper Milliyet. He left the army in 1955 without completing his ten years
of compulsory duty. He worked in various newspapers as an editor-in-chief and
editorial director. He joined the Arena Theater in İstanbul in 1962. He founded
the Ankara Art Theater with Asaf Çiyiltepe and was the general director of this
theater for nine years. He founded the art news agency Sanajans in İstanbul
(1971-1989). He was the general director of the İzmir Culture and Arts Foundation
for a term in 1990.
He
published his work in newspapers and reviews such as Sanat Çevresi, Bodrum
Postası, Bodrum Magazin, Yeni Asır and Gazete
Ege. He prepared culture and art
programs for Radio Bodrum. He made a sound recording of Nazım Hikmet’s Kuvâyi Milliye Destanı and Memleketimden
İnsan Manzaraları (The Epic of the National Forces and Human Landscapes
from My Country) for Best FM. He also made a sound recording of Nazım Hikmet ve O’nun Memleketinden İnsan
Manzaraları (Nazım Hikmet and Human Landscapes from His Country) for Radio
D. He wrote articles in the newspaper Haber
2000 (Bodrum) and prepared and presented the weekly talk program Zaman
İçinde (In Time)
WORKS:
SHORT STORY: Ve, Tanrı
Onları Cezalandırdı (And God
Punished Them, 1998).
POETRY: Sevgilerde
Yaşamak (Living in Love, 1994), Sevmek
Güzel Şey Be Kardeşim (Oh Brother, Loving is a Good Thing, 2000).
DOCUMENTARY - NARRATIVE: Nazım
Hikmet ve O’nun Memleketinden İnsan Manzaraları (Nazım Hikmet and the Human Landscapes from His Country, 1999).
MEMOIR: Bir Zamanlar
Bursa’da (Once Upon a Time in
Bursa, 1998), Bir Zamanlar Bab-ı Âli’de (Once in Bab-ı Ali*).
NOVEL: Bir Şizofrenin Aşk Mektupları (Love Letters of a Schizophrenic, 2000), Erguvanlar Açarken (While the Judas Trees Bloom, 2004).