Journalist and writer (b. 1925,
Alişam village / Harput [Elazığ] – d. December 1992, İstanbul). He also used
the pen name Nuri Öncem. He attended İstanbul Haydarpaşa High School (1943). He
enrolled at İstanbul University Faculty of Law, but did not complete his
undergraduate studies. He took up journalism on the newspaper Hürsöz (1945). He worked in various jobs
at the newspapers Zaman, Dünya, Yeni
Sabah, Tercüman, Milliyet, Yeni Gazete and Hürriyet from which he gained fame through his published
interviews.
WORKS:
INTERVIEW: Çanakkale Savaşları ve Şehitler Abidesi (War of the Dardanelles and
the Monument of Martyrs, 1959), Mezarlarında
Yaşayanlar (Those Who Live in Their Graves, 1961), Telsiz Duvaksız Anadolu (Plain Bride Anatolia, 1964), Çadır Tiyatrosu (Traveling Theatre, 1965),
Allah'a Giden Yol (The Way Leading to
God, 1967), İnsan Emeği Bekleyen Ülke
Avustralya (Australia, the Country That Waits for Human Labor, 1968), Kanlı Kerbela (Bloody Kerbela, 1969), Şark Cephesinde Yeni Bir Şey Yok
(Nothing’s New on the Eastern Front, 1971), Unuttuğumuz
Doğu (The East We have Forgotten, 1980).
SHORT STORY: Asker
Cigarası (Soldier’s Cigarette, 1963),
Deli Fato (Crazy Fato, 1968), Grevci
Ecevit (Striker Ecevit, 1975).
NOVEL: Vicdansız Kadın (Heartless Woman, 1966), Apar Abdo (The Thief Abdullah, 1974), Kadınlar Daha Çok Sever (Women Love More, 1974), Orospu (Prostitute, first book, 1976), Kör Sait'in Oğlu (Son of
Blind Sait, 1981), Para Babası (Moneybags,
1982), Devlet Baba (Father State,
1984).
OTHER WORKS: Ünlü Yazarlarımız Nasıl Çalışıyor (How Do Our famous Writers Work,
serialized in the newspaper Yeni Gazete, October 1970, not published), Damdaki Muhalif (Opponent on the Roof,
play, staged by a private theatre in İstanbul, 1974).
