Writer
(b. 19 March 1965, İnegöl / Bursa). He attended primary, secondary and high
schools in İnegöl and graduated from Gazi University, School of Press and
Publishing, Department of Journalism and Public Affairs and started to work as
an independent journalist. He participated in some documentaries and dramas
such as Mimar Sinan (Mimar Sinan), Yunus Emre (Yunus Emre), Yayla Yollarında (On the Ways of
Meadows) and Kırk Ambar (40
Granaries).
His
short stories have been published in the review Albatros, which he published with some of his friends. He worked in
the reviews Panel and İzlenim and wrote for a long time in his
column “Ters Köşe” (the Cross Corner) in the newspaper Yeni Şafak. He published short stories for adults in the reviews Albatros, Birey, İkindi Yazıları, Ârâf, Yeni
Dergi, Hece, Kaşgar, Atlılar and for children in the reviews Mavi Kuş and Kırmızı Bisiklet. He wrote the scenario of the TV film Havuçlu Pilav Meselesi (The Issue of the Rice
with Carrot) and the scripts of the documentary named Yitik Zaman Peşinde (In Pursuit of the Lost Time). He won the
Writers Union of Turkey’s Short Story Award in 1991 with his first work Hiçbişey (Nothing, 1991). He is still an
editor-in-chief of the weekly review Gerçek
Hayat. Also, he regularly writes in Sipesifik
and Medyakronik.
WORKS:
SHORT
STORY: Hiçbişey (Nothing, 1991), Altmışikiden Tavşan (Rabbit out of 62,
children’s short stories, 1997).
ESSAY: Günlerin
Gölgeleri (Shadows of the Days, 1997), Ruh
Yordamı (The Procedure of the Soul, 1997).
