Poet and writer
(b. 25 January 1950, Malatya). He attended the Yeşilyurt Merkez Primary School,
Yeşilyurt Elementary School (1956-1964) and Malatya High School (1968), and
graduated from Istanbul University, Faculty of Law (1975). After 1977, he
worked as the labor supervisor at the Ministry of Employment and Social
Security. At the end of the term of 1988-1989, he completed his study titled “Topluluk Hukuku ve ‘Doğrudan
Uygulanabilirlik’ Kavramı” (Law of Society and the Concept of ‘Direct
Practicability’) and became chief-supervisor (1991). He was appointed as the
counselor to the Prime ministry in 2004.
After his first essays
published in Yeni Adım in 1965, he
embarked on literature with his poems published in the review Diriliş (1969). His poems, studies and
critiques appeared in the reviews and newspapers Diriliş (1969-79), Edebiyat (1972-73),
Yeni Devir (1977-78), Yönelişler (1981-85), Yeni Şafak (1996), Zaman (1986-87, 1992), Gergedan
(1987-88), Yedi İklim and Kitap-lık. He established the review Yönelişler with two friends in April
1981 and became the head of the editorial board (1981-85). He received the
Writers Union of Turkey Poetry Award in 1984 with his book titled Kayıpların Şarkısı (Song of the Lost),
and the Essay Award of the same organization in 1993 with Modern Türk Şiirinin Doğası (The Nature of Modern Turkish Poetry).
His poems were translated into English.
While
writing closed works in his poetry book Kuşluk
Saatleri (Hours of Dawn), he produced more masterly works in Yirmidört Şiir (Twenty-four Poems) and Şahitsiz Vakitler (The Hours without a
Witness). Defined by Ülkü Tamer as “a
poet who has established his own mythology”, the modern aspect of Eroğlu’s
poetry “merges classical poetry with one
that reflects the time” according to Muhsin Macit, who puts that the poems
in Berzah (Berzah)are based on three
sources: 1. The line of Kısakürek, Karakoç, Zarifoğlu; 2. the point where the
line of Anglo-Saxon poets, such as Yeats, Pound, Eliot and the mystic Turkish
poetry meet; 3. the line of Yunus, Nesimî, Fuzulî and Şeyh Galib.
Eroğlu reflected his theoretical
approach in his essays as one that depends on the expression of values, which
he deepened with his literary knowledge. His book titled Modern Türk Şiirinin Doğası (The Nature of Modern Turkish Poetry)
attracted great attention with his authentic interpretation.
WORKS:
POETRY: Kuşluk Saatleri (Hours of the Dawn, 1974), Kayıpların Şarkısı (Song of the Lost, 1984), Yirmidört Şiir (Twenty-four Poems, 1991), Şahitsiz Vakitler (Times Without a Witness, 1998), Berzah (Berzah, 2001).
ESSAY-STUDY: Sezai Karakoç'un Şiiri (The Poetry of Sezai Karakoç, 1981), Sevap Defteri (Note-book of Benefaction,
1992), Modern Türk Şiirinin Doğası
(The Nature of Modern Turkish Poetry, 1993), Necip Fazıl
Kısakürek-Seçmeler (Necip Fazıl Kısakürek – Selections, 1993), Yenileme Bilinci (Consciousness of
Renovation, 1988), Sabit ve Değişken
(The Fixed and the Variable, 1995), Muğlak
Ölçekli Harita (The Map With Obscure Scale, 1997), Kelimeler Çınladıkça (As Words Ring, 1997).
SIMPLIFICATION: Genel Çizgileriyle İslam (Islam with Major Aspects, from Babanzade Ahmed Naim,
1975), Allah'ı İnkâr Etmek Mümkün mü? (Is
It Possible to Deny God?, from Şehbenderzade Filibeli Ahmed Hilmi, 1977).
