Researcher of language and literature,
poet (b. 18 October 1942, Çankırı). He is the son of the researcher of
literature Dehri Dilçin. He completed his primary and secondary education in
Ankara. He graduated from, Ankara University, Faculty of Language, History and
Geography, Department of Turkish Language and Literature (1970). First, he
joined the same department as an instructor of Turkish and Collection and
afterwards transferred to the department of History as an instructor of Ottoman
Paleography. His master’s thesis was on Rûhi
Divânı-Kasideler (Complete Divan* of Ruhi –Kaside’s*). He was appointed to
the Department of Turkish Language and Literature, Branch of Old Turkish
Literature as an assistant in 1981. He completed his PhD in 1984. His PhD
thesis was on Hoca Mes' ud, Süheyl ü
Nevbahar, İnceleme-Metin-Sözlük (Hoca Mes' ud, Süheyl ü Nevbahar,
Research-Text- Dictionary). He became an assistant professor in 1987 and
associate professor in 1996 and then he rose to professor. He took part in the
Turkish Language Association’s dictionary preparations from 1961 to 95.
His articles and poems have been
published in the reviews Türkoloji
Dergisi, Dil ve Tarih -Coğrafya Fakültesi Dergisi, Journal of Turkish Studies /
Türklük Bilgisi Araştırmaları (ABD), Türk
Dili and Osmanlı Araştırmaları and
in gift books such as Ömer Asım Aksoy
Armağanı (Gift to Ömer Asım Aksoy, 1978).
WORKS:
STUDY-RESEARCH: Örneklerle Türk Şiir Bilgisi (Turkish Poetry Knowledge with
Examples, 1983), Mes'ud bin Ahmed, Süheyl
ü Nevbahar - İnceleme-Metin-Sözlük (Mes'ud bin Ahmed, Süheyl ü Nevbahar - Research – Text- Dictionary, 1991), Studies on Fuzulî's Divan/Fuzulî Divanı
Üzerine Notlar (2001).
DICTIONARY: Yeni Tarama Sözlüğü (New Research Dictionary, 1983).