Journalist
and writer (b. 1927, Zonguldak). He started as a journalist when he was young.
He worked at the newspapers Vatan,
Cumhuriyet, Hürriyet and Milliyet. He won achievement awards for
his reports such as İnanç Sömürücüleri
Nurcular Arasında (The Exploiters of Belief among the Nur Sect Followers), Amerikan Yardımı ve Gerçekler (American
Aid and the Facts) in 1965 and Bilinmeyen
Arnavutluk (Unknown Albania) in
1966. He was selected Journalist of Year in 1969.
WORKS:
İnanç Sömürücüleri Nurcular Arasında
Bir Ay (The Exploiters of Belief - One Month among the Nur Sect
Followers, 1964), Bilinmeyen Arnavutluk (Unknown
Albania) 1966), Şube Bizim Rumeli (There
it is, Our Rumelia, 1967), Bir Yudum Çay
İçin (For a Sip of Tea, 1968), Özüm
Türk'tür (My Spirit is Turkish, a series of interviews on Iranian Turks,
1968), Mao'ya Tapanlar (Those Who
Worship Mao, 1969), Rusya Seferi
(Russian Expedition, 1969), El Fateh
(El Fateh, 1970), Son Padişah Vahdettin
(The Last Sultan, Vahdettin, 1994), Haremde
Bir Venedikli (A Venetian in the Harem, 2001).