Poet an writer (b. 9 September 1960, Dikili / Horasan / Erzurum). He attended Aşağıtahir Hoca
Primary School (1971), Horasan Secondary School (1975) and graduated from
Erzurum İmam Hatip High School (1979) and Atatürk Universtiy, Faculty of
Economics and Administrative Sciences (1983).
Next year, he entered as the assistant to the same faculty. His master
thesis was: “Motivasyonun Önemi ve Genel Olarak Motivasyon Teorileri” (The
Importance of Motivation and General Theories of Motivation, 1986). He
completed his master degree in 1987, his PhD degree 1990. He became assistant
professor in the field of Business Management. He became professor in Ankara
University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences in which he had
been working since 1984. He transferred to Sakarya University in 2003.
His poem “Saat” (Hour) was
published in the review Nesil in 1980. His other works were published in
the reviews Aylık Dergi, Türk Edebiyatı, Kardelen,
Güldeste, Kırağı, Palandöken, Mina, Gurbet, Hüner, Bu Meydan, Martı, Kalem ve
Onur, İkindi Yazıları, Karçiçeği, Dolunay, Düşçınarı, etc. With the pen name Yaşar Garip Koyuncu. He received the
Ministry of Culture and Tourism Novel Encorougement Award in 1981 with Tutkular
Keder Oldu (Passions Became Destiny) and the Grand Award in the
International Contest on Poems for Prophet Muhammed of the Turkish Foundation
of Religious Affairs in 1990 with his poem Yağmur (Rain). He was chosen
as the author of the year by the review Gençlik in 1996. He received the
Grand Award of Rose Poetry Awards organized by İstanbul Metropolitan and Tuzla
Municipalities in 1998 and the Service to Culture Award from the Anatolian
Journalists Association. He was selected as poet of the year 1999 by Writers
Union of Turkey with his work Hüznün Lâlesidir Dünya (World is a Tulip
of Melancholy). He is a member of Writers Union of Turkey, Center of Economic
and Social Researches and Union of Allied Educationists.
WORKS:
POETRY: Çiçekler Üşümesin
(Flowers Shall not be Cold, 1986), Nuyageva (Nuyageva, 1990), Yankı
ve Hüzün (Echo and Melancholy, 1992), Aşkım İsyandır Benim (My Love
is a Rebellion, 1993), Siyah Gözlerine Beni de Götür (Bring me to Your
Black Eyes, 1995), Yanılgı Saatleri (Hours of Mistakes, 1995), Denizin
Son Martıları (The Last Seagull of the Sea, 1997), Aşk Ölümcül Bir
Hülyadır (Love is a Deadly Dream, 1998), Yağmur (Rain, selected
poems, 1996), Rüveyda (Rüveyda, selected poems, 1996), Gül ve Ben
(Rose and I, poetry album, 1998), Hüznün Lâlesidir Dünya (World is a
Tulip of Melancoly, poetry album, 1999), Müpteladır Gemiler Benim
Denizlerime (Ships are Addicts of my Seas, 2002).
NOVEL: Tutkular Kader Oldu
(Passions Became Destiniy, 1987), Yollar Dönüşe Gider (Ways Go to the
Return, 1989), İntizar (Curse, 1990).
She has still been working as lecturer in
İstanbul University, Faculty of Politics. The articles on religion and politics
of Vergin, who is a member of various international social sciences
associations, were published in the newspaper Yeni Yüzyıl and other reviews.
She refutes the thesis that “the change in social science is very slow” in her
book Siyasetin
Sosyolojisi (Sociology of
Politics). She argues out the events occurred after 1980 like collapse of
Soviet Union, high increase in the international migration, ethnic wars and
globalizating economy, against the opinion that the knowledge is not renovated
frequently like in medicine or engineering sciences. She handled the
works of new searches like Habermas, Foucault, Mouffe, in addition to the theorists
of classical sociology of politics in Siyasetin
Sosyolojisi (Sociology of
Politics).
WORKS:
Industrialisation et Changement Social en Milieu Rural (Industrialization and Social Change in Rural Environment, 1976), Siyasetin Sosyolojisi (Sociology of Politics, 1980), Türkiye'ye Tanık Olmak (To Be Witness to Turkey, 1998), Din, Toplum ve Siyasal Sistem (Religion, Society and Political System, 2002), Siyasetin Sosyolojisi - Kavramlar, Tanımlar, Yaklaşımlar (Sociology of Politics-Concepts, Definition and Approaches, 2003).
REFERENCE: İhsan Işık / Türkiye Yazarlar Ansiklopedisi (2001, 2004) – Encyclopedia of Turkish Authors (2005) - Resimli ve Metin Örnekli Türkiye Edebiyatçılar ve Kültür Adamları Ansiklopedisi (2007) – Ünlü Edebiyatçılar (Türkiye Ünlüleri Ansiklopedisi, C. 4, 2013) - Encyclopedia of Turkey’s Famous People (2013).