Poet (b. 10 March 1930,
Bünyan / Kayseri). He attended Kayseri Technical High School (1951). He served
in the Turkish Armed Forces (1952-73), the Armed Forces Pension Fund (1976-90)
and at the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation’s Head Quarters. He works
in İstanbul.
His
early poems were published in the review Volkan (Kayseri). His other
poems and works were published in the reviews Edebiyat Alemi (1953), Türk Sesi (1955), Atayol (1966),
Özdemokrat (1957-58), Filiz 1958-65), Ekonomik Yorum Millî
Kültür (1985-89), Türk Dili (1985-96), Kemalist Ülkü
(1993-96), Edebiyat Güncesi (1995-96), Littera (1989-96), İlkyaz
Belde. He wrote columns in the newspapers Ankara’da Barış and Ekonomik Yorum. His poems were chosen by the Turkish Radio
and Television Corporation to be set to music for the repertoire. He is a
member of the Turkish Authors Association and the Professional Association of Scientific and Literary
Work Owners of Turkey.
WORKS:
POETRY: Anıların Çığlığı (Scream
of the Memories, 1982),
Tükenişe Kadar Sevmek (Loving
to the End, 1984), Uzat Yeşil Ellerini (Pass Your Green Hand, 1985), Bir Şair Geçti Rüzgâr (A Wind Gone with the Poet, 1988), Islak
Güneş (Wet Sun, 1995), Les Arbres Solitaires (Lonely Trees,
French-Turkish, 1995), Aynalar Gülücük Bekliyor (Mirrors Wait For a
Smile, 1998).
MEMOIR: Kore’de Dirilen
Şehit (The Martyr Who was Reborn in Korea, 1985).
COLLECTION: Erciyes’te Bir
Işık / Şair Öğretmen Hamdi Üçok’un Şiirleri (A Light in Erciyes / The Poems of the Poet and Teacher Hamdi
Üçok, 1998).
REFERENCE: Kâzım Yedekçioğlu / “Anıların Çığlığı” ve “Tükenişe Kadar Sevmek” (Barış, 7.3.1984), Oktay Akbal / “Yeditepe” 35 Yaşında... (Cumhuriyet, 5.4.1984), Cahit Külebi/ Yeditepe İstanbul (7.4.1984), Cahit Külebi/ Günümüz Şiiri ve Bir Ozan (Cumhuriyet, 27.8.1986), Ahmet Tufan Şentürk (Vakit, 1-2.1.1996), TBE Ansiklopedisi (2001), İhsan Işık / Türkiye Yazarlar Ansiklopedisi (2001, 2004) - Resimli ve Metin Örnekli Türkiye Edebiyatçılar ve Kültür Adamları Ansiklopedisi (2006, gen. 2. bas. 2007), Abdullah Akay (Bilgi teyidi, 08.03.2020).
