Essay writer, diplomat. He was born on January 22,
1952 in Istanbul.
His full name is Mustafa Oğuz Demiralp. He graduated from Istanbul
Saint Joseph High School (1971) and Middle East Technical
University (1976). After
working at several jobs in banking and commercial sector (1976-1978), he
started to work as the second clerk at Foreign Affairs Ministry, Multilateral
Security General Directorate (1978-1980). He worked as a vice consulate in
Munich Head Consulate and as a NATO Assembly of Parliamentarians consultant for
Turkish Committee (1980-1983) and as the head clerk of Tehran Embassy
(1983-1985). He has also worked as a branch manager at Political Planning
Office liable from contemporary political issues, ECSC and disarmament
(1985-1987), Undersecretary of Turkish Permanent Representation at United
Nations Geneva Office (1987-1991), Director of ECSC Office (1991-1993), Vice
permanent representative at Turkish Permanent Representation in European
Council (1993-1997), and as a special consultant of Foreign Minister
(1997-2000). After becoming an ambassador in 2000; he worked as a Turkish
Permanent Representative at World Trade Organization (WTO), United Nations
Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Council Vice President, WTO Trade
and Investment Working Groups Presidency (2000-2001), WTO Trade and Environment
Committee President (2002-2003). He worked as an ambassador and Turkish
permanent representative between 2002 and 2005, and he was appointed as the
General Secretary for European Union on December 31, 2005.
He published his articles and translations in Yeni
Dergi, Yazı (published by
his friends) and Cehennemde Bir Mevsim, Yeni Dergi, Somut,
Doğu-Batı, Gergedan, Soyut, Oluşum, Argos journals and in Dünya newspaper
(1978-1979). He tried to establish a “special” metaphysics in his essays on
literature and he made analytic comments on the works of Ahmet Hamdi
Tanpınar, Abdülhak Şinasi Hisar, Oğuz Atay, Yusuf Atılgan, İsmet Özel, Walter
Benjamin, and Sadık Hidayet.
WORKS:
ESSAY-RESEARCH:
Kutup Noktası (on A. H. Tanpınar, 1993), Okuma Defteri (critical
essays, 1995), Tanrı Bakışlı Çocuk (Essay on Walter Benjamin in 49
Pieces, 1995), Yazı ve Yalnızlık (1997), Kör Okur (Blind Owl
Centered Reading Experience on Sadık Hidayet, 1999), Gönderilmemiş
Kartpostal Yazıları (49 kentin monografisi, 2002), Arazi Marazi
(co-op book, with Enis Batur, Levent Şentürk, Armağan Ekici, Nuri Sağlam,
Selahattin Özpalabıyıklar, 2002).
REFERENCE:
Baki Asiltürk / “Kutup Noktası”nda Isınmak (kitap-lık, issue: 13,
January-February 1995) – Yaklaşık Olarak Okuma Defteri (Cumhuriyet Kitap,
issue: 329, 6.6.1996), Selahattin Özpalabıyıklar / Oğuz Demiralp İçin Seyrek
Örgülü Bir Yazı (kitap-lık, issue: 17-18, September-December 1995), TBE
Ansiklopedisi (2001), Reyhan Tutumlu / Tanrı Bakışlı Çocuk (Varlık, issue:
1127, Ağustos 2001), Güneş Çelikkol / Gönderilmemiş Kartpostal Yazıları
(Virgül, issue: 48, February 2002), İhsan Işık (TEKAA, 2009).
