Poet and writer (b.
1958, İstanbul). After attending Private Doğuş High School he studied
journalism at İstanbul and Marmara Universities. He has worked as a theater
director and for various broadcasting companies.
His poems have been
published in many reviews. He writes poems with self-confidence that is at
times theatrical but doesn’t only use word games in his poems. He compiled his
work on current issues in Turkey and his opposition against hopelessness in his
book Türkiye Hala Mümkün (Turkey is
Still Possible).
WORKS:
POETRY: Parçalanmış Divan (The Shattered
Divan*, 1990), A! Etika (O! Ethica,
1991), Yeniden Üretilmiş Tarih (History
Reproduced, volume 1, 1994), Erken Sözler
(The Early Words, 1999), Tuz Günleri (Days
of Salt, 2001), Yenilgiler Tarihi (The
History of Defeats, volume 1, 2002).
ESSAY: Türkiye Hâlâ Mümkün - Siyasi Polemikler (Turkey
is Still Possible - Political Polemics, 1999).