Linguist,
short story writer (b. 1948, Beyceğiz village / Polatlı / Ankara). She has
lived in Ankara since she was ten year. She graduated from Ankara University,
Faculy of Language, History and Geography, Department of Turkish Language
(1971). In the same year, she entered Turkish Language Association and joined
the linguists who study on Turkish of Turkey in the Grammar/Linguistics Branch
of the Institute. She joined the preparation process of dictionaries of
spelling from 1973 to 1983. After the Turkish Language Association was closed,
she left the institute willingly and started to work in the field of
publication. She was publisher of Bilge Publishing House since 1973. She was
among the founders of Language Association together 34 writers from Turkish
Language Association members in 1987. She worked as general writer, inferior
president, president of this association and as general director of the review,
Türk Dili published monthly. She was
publisher of the Ümit Publishing House between 1992-98 and editor of the Uğur
Mumcu Foundation of Researching Jurnalism (1998-2002). She quitted working
and devoted herself to writing since 2002. Her
articles and short stories were published in the reviews, Türk Dili, Gösteri, Adam Sanat, Varlık, Yaşasın Edebiyat and in the
newspapers Cumhuriyet, Radikal, Siyah
Beyaz, Evrensel.
WORKS:
RESEARCH-EXAMINATION:
Türkiye Türkçesi’nde Sözcük Türleri
(Types of Words in Turkish of Turkey, joint book edited by D.Aksan, 1976), Türkiye Türkçesi’nde Sözcük Türetme ve Birleştirme
(Derivating and Compounding Words in Turkish of Turkey, 1977), Türkiye Türkçesi Gelişmeli Sesbilimi
(Turkish of Turkey, Improving Phonology, joint book, edited by D. Aksan, 1978),
Türkiye Türkçesi’nde Sözdizimi
(Syntax in Turkish of Turkey, together N. Atabay - A. Çam, 1981), Atatürk’ün Türk Dil Kurumu ve Sonrası
(Atatürk’s Turkish Language Association and Later, together A. Püsküllüoğlu and
H. Özen, 1986), Baba İnönü’den Erdal
İnönü’ye Mektuplar (Letters to Erdal İnönü from Father İnönü, 1988).
BIOGRAPHY: Ahmet Cevat
Emre (In Turkish Language Association Archive, 1982), Besim Atalay
(Besim Atalay, 1983), Dil Kiri El Kiri (Dirt of the Language is Dirt of
the Hand, 2009, Uğur Mumcu’dan um:ag’a Unutmadık (We didn’t Forget, from
Uğur Mumcu to the Uğur Mumcu Foundation of Researching Jurnalism, 2000).
SHORT STORY: Devrimciler Aşık
Olamazdı (Revolutionists Wouldn’t Fall in Love, 1994), Aşk Bir Boncuktur
(Love Is a Bead, 1995), Direncin Kuşları (Birds of the Resistance,
1996), Bir Yanım Bahar Bir Yanım Kış (One Side of me Is Spring, the
Other One Is Winter, 1977), Bir Bulut Ayağıma Dolandı (A Cloud Got
Wounded Around My Foot, 1999), Aptal Dünya (The Stupid World, 2002).
ANTHOLOGY: Afili Mavallar
(Familiar Words, 1993).
