Mehmet Nuri Yardım

Writer (b. 23 April 1960, Siirt). He has used the pen names Cem Atlı and Cihangir Asyalı. He attended Siirt Gazi Primary School, Siirt High School (1978), Istanbul University Faculty of Literature Department of Turkish Language and Literature (1985). He continued in journalism, which he began at the newspaper Yeni Asya, at the newspapers Doğuş, Tercüman, Hürriyet, Zaman and Türkiye. He directed the art and culture department of the newspaper Türkiye twice. He worked as news director at the review Türkiye Çocuk. He became the director of the editorial board of the publication of the Kubbealtı Academy Culture and Art Foundation Directorate’s Kubbealtı Akademi Mecmuası. He is member of the Professional Association of Scientific and Literary Work Owners of Turkey, the Writers Union of Turkey, the Association of Journalists of Culture and Art and the Turkey Journalists Association.

His work has been published in the newspaper Türkiye and in the reviews Eğitim ve Bilim,Türk Edebiyatı, Boğaziçi, Tarla, Hanımeli, Köprü, Yesevi, Hece, Kubbealtı Akademi Mecmuası, Size Aktüel, Kitap Haber, E Edebiyat, Yedi İklim, İks, Ufuk Ötesi, Rota and in the publication of the Turkey Journalists Association, Bizim Gazete. He won the Turkish Journalists Association 2000 Culture Art Achievement Award for his news about the disappearance of the graves of Ahmet Haşim and Ziya Osman Saba.

WORKS:

RESEARCH-STUDY: Edebiyatçılarımızın Çocukluk Hatıraları (Childhood Memories of Our Authors, 1986), Mevlid-i Şerif (Mevlid-i Şerif 1996), Safahat (Periods, 1996), Yunus Emre Divanı (The Divan* of Yunus Emre, 1997), Doğru, Güzel ve Etkili Konuşma Sanatı (Art of Decent, Nice and Effective, 2201), Romancılar Konuşuyor (Novelists Speak, 2000), Kelam ve Kalem (Islamic Theology and the Pen, 2001), Türk Şiirinden Portreler (Portraits from Turkish Poetry, 2001), Edebiyatımızın Güleryüzü (The Smiling Side to Our Literature, 2002), Unutulmayan Edebiyatçılarımız (Our Unforgettable Authors, 2004).

BIOGRAPHY: Yahya Kemal Beyatlı'nın Dünyası (World of Yahya Kemal Beyatlı, 1986), Mustafa Necati Karaer'e Armağan (Gift for Mustafa Necati Karaer, collaborative book, 1996), Ömer Seyfettin (Ömer Seyfettin, 1997), Refik Halit Karay (Refik Halit Karay, 1997), Sait Faik Abasıyanık (Sait Faik Abasıyanık, 2002), Ziya Osman Saba (Ziya Osman Saba, 2002), Safiye Erol Kitabı (Safiye Erol Book, 2003).

He has also prepared compilations and written children’s books.

REFERENCE:  Neleri Okudular? (Zaman, 26.12.1986), Sevinç Çokum / Unutulmayan Çocukluk (Türkiye, 24.7.1998), Ahmet Özdemir / Tanzimattan Günümüze Edebiyatçılarımızın Çocukluk Hatıraları (Bizim Gazete, 22.7.1998), Ömer Lekesiz / Romancılar Konuşuyor - Mehmet Nuri Yardım (Hece dergisi, Ocak 2001), İhsan Işık / Yazarlar Sözlüğü (1990, 1998) - Türkiye Yazarlar Ansiklopedisi (2001, 2004) – Encyclopedia of Turkish Authors (2005) - Resimli ve Metin Örnekli Türkiye Edebiyatçılar ve Kültür Adamları Ansiklopedisi (2006, gen. 2. bas. 2007) - Ünlü Fikir ve Kültür Adamları (Türkiye Ünlüleri Ansiklopedisi, C. 3, 2013) - Encyclopedia of Turkey’s Famous People (2013), M. Nuri Yardım / Edebiyatımızın Güleryüzü (2002), Ahmet Cemil Bedir / Kelâm ve Kalem - Mehmet Nuri Yardım (Hece dergisi, Mart 2002).