Poet and writer (b. 5 June 1924, Eskibağlar / Gümüşhane). He attended
Kelkit Cumhuriyet Primary School, İstanbul Teacher Training School of Boys
(1944) and graduated from the İstanbul Çapa Institute of Education (1959). He
started teaching in 1940 and worked as a Turkish and Literature Teacher in
Gümüşhane, Western Thrace, Sürmene and at some schools in İstanbul. When he was
a literature teacher at Suadiye High School, he retired from teaching.
His first poem named Ağlama (Don’t Cry) was published in İstanbul magazine in 1943, and then his essays and poems were
published in the magazines Türk Dili,
Beşinci Mevsim, Ozanca, Saçak, Kıyı,
Güzel Yazılar, Şiir Ülkesi and in the newspapers Zafer, Cumhuriyet, Milliyet, Kuşakkaya and Kadıköy Aktüalite.
Some of his poems and essays featured in schoolbooks
and he continued to publish his essays, stories, and poems in İstanbul in Kuşakkaya newspaper and in magazines.
WORKS:
POETRY: Sana
Doğru (Towards You, 1971), Kasım
Çiçekleri (November Flowers, 1986), Anılarda
Memleket (Hometown In Memories, 1994), Sönmeyen
Ateş (A Fire Not Extinguished, 2003).
ANTHOLOGY: Gümüşhaneli
Ozanlar (Poets From Gümüşhane, 1987), Gümüşhaneli
Ozanlar II (Poets From Gümüşhane II, 1998).
SHORT STORY: Gün
İstanbul Üstünde (The Day Is Over İstanbul, 1994), Kıyıdaki Adam (The Man by The Shore, 1997), Esintiler (Breezes, 2003).
ESSAY: Esintiler (Breeze, 2003).
He has also written study books and an unpublished
novel named Gülkız (Rose Girl).
