Poet and writer
(b. 1955,
His poems and
short stories were published in the reviews and newspapers such as Yazko
Edebiyat, Türk Dili, Broy, Gösteri, Düşün, Varlık, Milliyet Sanat, Türk
Dili Dergisi, Türk Dili, Atika, Cumhuriyet and Adam Öykü. He shared the Yunus Nadi Unpublished Short Story
Award in 1993 with Vüs’at O. Bener, for his untitled work including seven
short stories. He also collected the Sait Faik Short Story Award in 1994 with
his book Yaz Evi (House for Summer).
He is a member of the Education Members Association, the Writers Syndicate of
Turkey, the Education Workers Union, the PEN Association of Writers and the
Turkish Authors Association.
WORKS:
POETRY: Günden Önce (Before the Day, 1985), Sarkaç
(Pendulum, 2002).
SHORT STORY: Yaz Evi (House for Summer, 1994), Beş Ada
(Five Islands, 1997), Rüzgâr Geri Getirirse (If the Wind Brings it Back,
2002).