Poet,
journalist and writer (b. 25 February 1930, Ankara). He graduated from
Galatasaray High School (1949). For a while he studied at İstanbul University,
Faculty of Law (1955) and London Political Technique School (1957). His first
interviews were published in the reviews Her Hafta and Kahkaha.
His other work was published in the newspapers Yeni İstanbul, Milliyet, Vatan and Cumhuriyet and the reviews Bilimsel
Seksoloji, of which he was one of founders (1949-54), and İstanbul
Haftası (1953-54). In 1977 and 1998 he received the Turkey Journalists
Association Achievement Award. He is a member of Turkish Journalists
Association and has a Press Honor Card.
WORKS:
TRAVEL LITERATURE-INTERVIEW: Kişiler ve Köşeler
(People and Nooks, 1982)
POETRY:
46-99 / Şiirler (46-99 / Poems, 1999)
DOCUMENTARY:
Sakallı Celâl (Bearded Celâl, 2004)
MEMOIR: Bir Ankara
Ailesinin Öyküsü (Story of an Ankara Family, 1999), Tanıdığım Nazım Hikmet (Familiar Nazım Hikmet, 2002).
