Poet (B. 1922, Afyonkarahisar- D. April 20, 1978, Ankara). He graduated
from
He was elected as Justice
Party Afyonkarahisar deputy at TGNA in 1965 general elections. He could not get
into the list during the next elections. He worked as consultant in various
ministries. He was assigned as consultant in Ministry of Industry and
technology in 1969. Later he started to work as press consultant of Ministry of
Culture. He internalized the Saz poet’s style and published his poems and
articles about folklore in Ülkü, Yücel, Çağır, Türk Dili, Hisar, Çağrı magazines.
He donated his library to Afyon Gedik Ahmet Pasha Library. His body was
carried to Afyonkarahisar and buried to
He is known with his line about his townsmen:
“Everyone thinks that
I in
But even a roof
collapses in Afyon, my heart tears up!”
WORKS:
POETRY: İnaz
Köyü Eğitmeni Hasan Koçak’ın Türküsü (1945), Sabahleyin (1950), Gözlerimin
Söylettiği (1975), Güpegündüz, Baştanbaşa.
ANTHOLOGY:
Memleket Şiirleri Antolojisi (1950), Türk Kahramanlık Şiirleri
(1967).
RESEARCH-COMPILATION:
Afyon Karahisar Türküleri (1957), Atatürk 30 Ağustos’u Anlatıyor,
Afyon’un Hazineleri (unpublished).
REFERENCE: Hikmet Dizdaroğlu / Sabahleyin (Hisar, sayı: 4, Haziran 1950), Afşin Oktay - Kemal Bağlum / Biyografiler Ansiklopedisi (1959), İrfan Ünver Nasrattınoğlu / Afyonkarahisarlı Şairler, Yazarlar, Hattatlar (1971), Mehmet Kaplan / Cumhuriyet Devri Türk Şiiri (1973, s. 458-464), İhsan Işık / Yazarlar Sözlüğü (1990, 1998) - Türkiye Yazarlar Ansiklopedisi (2001, 2004) – Encyclopedia of Turkish Authors (2005) - Resimli ve Metin Örnekli Türkiye Edebiyatçılar ve Kültür Adamları Ansiklopedisi (2006, gen. 2. bas. 2007), Fahri Ersavaş / Tanzimat’tan Bu Yana Hamâsî Türk Şiiri Antolojisi (1997), İrfan Ünver Nasrattınoğlu – Mehmet Sarlık / 75 Yılda Yöneticilerimiz (1998), Behçet Necatigil / Edebiyatımızda İsimler Sözlüğü (18. bas. 1999), Şükran Kurdakul / Şairler ve Yazarlar Sözlüğü (gen. 6. bas. 1999), TBE Ansiklopedisi (2001), Halil Soyuer / Şair Dostlarım (2004), Mehmet Atilla Maraş / 22. Dönem Şair Milletvekilleri 1 - 22. Dönem 1920-2005 (2005), TBMM Albümü 2. Cilt 1950-1980 (2010