Researcher
and writer (b. 1949, Eşmapınar village / Çayırlı / Erzincan). He graduated from
the İstanbul Atatürk Institute of Social Sciences and
WORKS:
Türkiye Göç Olgusu - Sorunları ve Çözümü (The Phenomenon
of Migration in Turkey – Problems and Solutions, 1978), Atatürk'ün Anadolu'ya Gönderiliş Olayının İçyüzü (The Inside Story
of the Event of Atatürk Being Sent to Anatolia, 1987), Kurtuluş Savaşında Alevi-Bektaşiler (Alewi and Bektashi Orders in
the Independence War, 1990), Osmanlı'da
Alevi Ayaklanmaları (Alewi Rebellions in the Ottoman Empire, 1992), Aleviliğin Tarihsel Konumu (The
Historical Position of the Alewi, 1995), Alevilik
Nedir (What is About Alewi, 1995), Alevilik
İle İlgili Osmanlı Belgeleri (Ottoman Documents on the Alewi, 1995), Fevâid (Moral Tales, edition of the work
by Hacı Bektaş-ı Veli'den, 1996), Atatürk'ün
Düşünce Yapısının Oluşumu (Formation of Atatürk’s Thought, 1996), Atatürk' ün Düzeni (Atatürk’s System,
1996), İslâm Dünyası ve Kemalizm (The
World of Islam and Kemalism, 1996), Aleviliğe
İftiralara Cevaplar (Answers to the Aspersions Against the Alewi, 1996), Bıçağın Sırtında Siyaset (Politics on a
Knife’s Edge, 1996), Alevilik Tarihinden
İzler (Traces from the History of the Alewi, 1997), Bir Alevilik Yolu: Ahilik (A Way of Alewi: Fraternity, 2001).
Besides
these, he wrote course books on history and revolution history for schools.