Researcher and writer (b. 1937, Tekirdağ - d. 9 December
1997, İstanbul). He attended the İstanbul Çapa Teacher Training School (1954),
Çapa Institute of Education (1972) and graduated from İstanbul University,
Faculty of Literature (1972). He served as a teacher of Turkish in various
elementary schools in Silvan, Diyarbakır (1956-57), Konya (1957-58), Yozgat
(1958-59), Tekirdağ (1959-66) and İstanbul. He carried on his duty as a
lecturer of Turkish language at Belgrade University (1967-80) and as a teacher
of literature at İstanbul Anatolian High School (1982-85) and as a faculty
member at Mimar Sinan University until 1985. He published his articles and
poems in the reviews Türk Dili, Türk
Folklor Araştırmaları, Ilgaz and Hisar.
WORKS:
RESEARCH: Tekirdağ
İli Yer Adları (Place Names in Tekirdağ Province, 1964), Tekirdağ'da Atatürk (Atatürk in
Tekirdağ, 1965), Tarih Boyunca Türk
Atasözleri (Turkish Sayings in History, 1972), Folklor ve Etnografya Araştırmaları (Folklore and Ethnography
Researches, with İ. Gündağ Kayaoğlu, İ. Arslanoğlu and S. Koz, 1984), Çevren Dergisi Folklor Etnografya ve Halk
Edebiyatı Bibliyografyası (Bibli–ography of Çevren Review Folklore, Ethnography and Folk Literature, 1985), Tekirdağ Bibliyografyası (Bibliography
of Tekirdağ, 1993), Yüzyıllar Boyunca
Tekirdağlı Şairler ve Yazarlar (Poets and Writers of Tekirdağ Throughout
the Centuries, 1995).
POETRY:
Malazgirt Destanı (The Epic of
Malazgirt, 1983).
ANTHOLOGY:
Şiir Dünyamızda Atatürk (Atatürk in Our Poetry World, 1988), Atatürk Şiirleri
Antolojisi (Anthology of Atatürk Poems, 1992).
