Writer (b. 8 October 1943, Gaziantep). He graduated from Urfa High
School (1967) and İstanbul University, Faculty of Literature, Department of
Turkish Language and Literature (1972). He began to work as a researcher and
writer on the weekly newspaper İttihad
in 1967 and continued with the newspaper Yeni
Nesil and at Yeni Asya Publications. He worked as a Turkish literature
teacher at Erenköy Güneş High School (1987-90) and at Gaziantep Primary School.
His first
article was published in the newspaper Yeni
Ülke (Gaziantep) in the year 1962, and in the following years his articles
and interviews were published in the reviews and newspapers Hareket (Erzurum), Zülfikar, Uhuvvet (İzmir),
Yeni İstiklâl, Babıalide Sabah, İttihad, Yeni Asya and Yeni Nesil.
Şahiner, who is known for his extensive research regarding Bediüzzaman Said
Nursi, won the Encouragement Award of the Foundation of Turkish National
Culture with the first volume of his work called Son Şahitler Bediüzzaman Said Nursi'yi Anlatıyor (The Last Witnesses Describe Said Nursi, 1978).
His studies about Bediüzzaman have been translated into English, Urdu, Indian,
Malaysian and Arabic and have been used as resources for research in twelve
countries including the United States, the United Kingdom, Malaysia, Iraq and
Egypt. In addition to his books about this subject, he produced a special issue
about Bediüzzaman for the periodical Köprü,
on which he worked as editor-in-chief (March, 1986).
WORKS:
RESEARCH-STUDY: Nur Çocuklar (Children
of Divine Light, collaborative work, 1970),
Bilinmeyen Taraflarıyla Bediüzzaman Said Nursi (Bediüzzaman Said Nursi, His
Unknown Side, 1974), Bin Yıldır
Yaşayanlar (Those Living for a Thousand Years, 1975), Mehter ve Marşları (The Janissary and Marches, 1975), Nurs Yolu (The Way of the Nur Order,
2 volumes, 1975), Nurculuk Nedir? (What
is the Nur Order?, 1991), Bediüzzaman'dan
Hapishane Mektupları (Prison Letters of Bediüzzaman, 1992), Tek Başına Bir Ümmet (A Community Alone,
1992), Gaziantep'in Yok Edilen Camileri (The
Destroyed Mosques of Gaziantep, 1995), Resimlerle
Bediüzzaman (Bediüzzaman, with Pictures, 1996), Belgelerle Bediüzzaman'ın Kabir Olayı (The Tomb Incident of
Bediüzzaman with Documents, 1996),
Gençlik Rehberi Nasıl Yazıldı, Nasıl Karşılandı? (How was the Guide for
Youth Written, How was it Received? 2002), Said
Nursi Üniversitesi (University of Said Nursi), Said Nursi’nin Mezarı (The Grave of Said Nursi), Hatıralarla Bediüzzaman (Bediüzzaman
Through Memoirs), Bediüzaman’ı Nasıl
Bilirsiniz? (How Do You Know Bediüzzaman?), Haşir Risalesi Nasıl Yazıldı (How was the Booklet of Haşir
Written?), Edebi Sanatlar (Literary
Arts).
BIOGRAPHY: Bize Hayreddinli Derler
(They Call Us Hayreddin, Barbaros Hayreddin Paşa, 1972), Hak ve Hakikatin Müdafii Avukat Bekir Berk (The Defender of Justice
and Reality, the Lawyer Bekir Berk, 1995),
Gündüz Alp Erenlerinden Zübeyir Abi (Zübeyir Abi, from Gündüz Alp Erenleri), Mütercim Asım (The Translator Asım,
1995), Hasırcı Ağa (Lord Hasırcı 1996), Aydi Baba (Father Aydi, 1996),
Şahin Bey (Şahin Bey, 1998), Münif Paşa (Münif Paşa, 2003).
RESEARCH-INTERVIEW: Said Nursi ve
Nurculuk Hakkında Aydınlar Konuşuyor (Scholars Talk about Said Nursi and
Nurculuk, survey, research, interview, 2 volumes, 1976, 1986), Son Şahitler Bediüzzaman Said Nursi'yi
Anlatıyor (The Last Witnesses Describe Bediüzzaman Said Nursi, 6 volumes, 2
press, 1989), Cemil Meriç’le Nur
Sohbetleri, Hazret-i İsa’dan Said Nursi’ye Meşhur Bekârlar (Conversations
about Divine Light with Cemil Meriç, Famous Bachelors from Jesus to Said Nursi), Çağımızda Bir Asr-ı Saadet Müslümanı:
Bediüzzaman Said Nursî (A Muslim in our Era from the Era of Prophet
Mohammad: Bediüzzaman Said Nursî, with
Cemal Kutay).
In addition,
his compilation works have been published.
