Poet and writer (b. 12 February 1959, Nicosia / Cyprus). She attended primary and secondary schools in Cyprus. After
attending Nicosia Education College, she graduated from Ankara Middle
East Technical University, Department of Social Sciences. She stayed in Turkey
for many years. She worked at a newspaper when she returned to Cyprus. She came
back to Turkey in 1982 and worked as information specialist at the Library of
the Middle East Technical University.
Her poems have been published in the review Sanat Emeği. She has translated the poems of Greek poets from
Cyprus. Her own poems have also been translated into Greek and have won awards
and have featured in schoolbooks. For her services to Cypriot culture, she was
given a special award in 1978 by the South Cyprus Ministry of Education.
WORKS:
POETRY: Sümbül ile Nergis (Sümbül
and Nergis, children poems, 1979),
Savaşların Göz Yaşları (Teardrops of the Wars, 1980), Kapılar (The Doors, 1992),
Ay Aşktan Yapılmıştır (The Moon is Made of Love, 2001).
NOVEL: Üzgün Kızların Gizli Tarihi (The Secret History of the Sad Girls, 2003).
REFERENCE: İhsan Işık / Yazarlar Sözlüğü (1990, 1998) - Türkiye Yazarlar Ansiklopedisi (2001, 2004) – Encyclopedia of Turkish Authors (2005) - Resimli ve Metin Örnekli Türkiye Edebiyatçılar ve Kültür Adamları Ansiklopedisi (2006, gen. 2. bas. 2007) - Ünlü Edebiyatçılar (Türkiye Ünlüleri Ansiklopedisi, C. 4, 2013) - Ünlü Kadınlar (Türkiye Ünlüleri Ansiklopedisi, C. 4, 2013) - Encyclopedia of Turkey’s Famous People (2013), Sezai Sarıoğlu / Ada Sahillerinde Kendini Bekleyen Şiirler (Sombahar, sayı: 35, Mayıs-Haziran 1996) - Neşe Yaşın ile Söyleşi: “Aşk Çözümdür, Bir Düşünün...” (Virgül, sayı: 63, Haziran 2003), Fikret Demirağ / Ay Aşktan Yapılmıştır (Cumhuriyet Kitap, 29.3.2001), Necmiye Alpay / Tarihi Yenmek İçin Yazılan (Milliyet Sanat, Şubat 2003), Bener Hakkı Hakeri / Kültürümüzde Sanatçılar ve Yazarlar İsimler Sözlüğü (2004), Kadir Aydemir / Söyleşi (Varlık Kitap, Nisan 2003), Orhan Kahyaoğlu / Radikal (1.7.2005), Hürriyet (5.5.2006).
