Poet and
writer (b. 23 October 1939, Samsun - d. 07 Januvery 2017, İzmir). He attended Samsun Cumhuriyet Primary
School, Ondokuz Mayıs High School and graduated from İzmir Namık Kemal High
School and Foreign Language Vocational High School. He worked at the Corporation
of Agricultural Studies and Introduction (1966 - 69), the Directorate of
Bornova Credits and Student Residences (1969 - 70) and various departments at
Ege University, Faculty of Science (1970 - 72) until he retired. From 1992, he
became a columnist in the paper Gözlem,
which is published in İzmir.
His first
works were published in the newspaper Menteşe
(Muğla, 1957-60) and in the following years they were published in the
magazines Su (Sivas), Ferai (Muğla), Özleşim, Çağrı, Çaba (Bursa), Beşyaka
(Fethiye), Elif, Varlık, Yeni Ufuklar,
Özgür, Sesimiz, Yeditepe and Yelken. In 1963, he published a poetry
newspaper named Özleşim. He gained
first and second rank awards in poetry competitions held in Muğla in 1961 an in
Milas in 1973, and those held by organizations such as ‘Spor Toto’. He is a
member of the Writers Syndicate of Turkey and the Turkish Authors Association,
the Turkish Red Crescent Society-Karşıyaka Branch.
WORKS:
POETRY: Yorgun Yaşayana (To Those who Live
Tiredly, 1963), Çıplak Ateş (Naked
Fire, 1967), Yabanistan (The Wild
Land, 1968), Boşlukta Biri (One in
the Vacuum, 1971), Körfez Solgunu
(The Pale Gulf, 1971), Savaşa Yalnız
Gidilmez (Wars are not Gone to Alone, 1975), Mavi Aydınlık (The Blue Illumination, 1979), Çiçek Güzellemesi (In Praise of Flowers, 1981), Gece Bin Çağdır (Night is of a Thousand
Ages, 1990), Uzak Kıyısında Sevdanın
(At the Further Bays of Love, 1991),
Gizli Su (The Secret Water, 1994), Gözlerimde
Saklı Sonbahar (The Fall Hidden in My Eyes, 2000).
ANTHOLOGY: Şiir ve Siz (The Poet and You, together
with Ş. Gökovalı; 1965).
RESEARCH: Gel Dosta Gidelim /
Çağdaş Düşüncede Yunus Emre (Come, Let's Go to Our Friend / Yunus Emre in
Contemporary Thought, 1980), Samsun'dan
Ankara'ya (From Samsun to Ankara, 1980), Atatürk ve Eğitimde Çağdaşlaşma (Atatürk and Modernization in
Education, 1980), Atatürk Gerçekçiliği (Atatürk
Realism, 1980), Atatürk'ün Halk Anlayışı
(1980), Atatürk's Understanding of
Public Power. Şehit Edilişinin 50.
Yılında Kubilay (Kubilay in the Fiftieth Year of His Being Martyred, 1980).
CHILDREN’S LITERATURE: Aslan Kurt ve Tilki (The Lion, The Wolf and The Fox, 1980), Konuşan Kutu (The Talking Box, mythology, 1993).