Journalist and
writer (b. 1952, Siverek / Şanlıurfa). After completing his primary and
secondary education in his hometown, he studied law at İstanbul University
(1979). During his university years he started to work at the review Hilal and the newspaper Millî Gazete. He worked as the head of
the editorial department at Millî Gazete
(1979-82). In addition, he managed the publishing house Piran, which he
established in those years (1975-77). He went to London and Cambridge to study
at an English language courses (1986). Completing a training course in law, he
went to Saudi Arabia (1981) where he graduated from Mecca Umme'l-Qura
University, Department of Davet ve Usulü'd Din (1989). He worked as editor and
consultant at Zehra Publishing House, which prepared again Risale-i Nur Külliyatı (the Works of Pamphlets of Nur) by
Bediüzzaman Said Nursi for publishing.
His articles
were published in the journals and reviews Hilal
(1969-80), Millî Gazete, Yeni Devir (1978-81), Bilgi ve Hikmet, Sözleşme, Serbestî, Dava,
Nu-bihar, Düşçınarı, Kardelen, Köprü, and Yeni Zemin (1993-94), both of which he owned and was head of the
editorial department. He has translated from contemporary Islamic thinkers.
WORKS:
COLLECTION-SIMPLIFICATION: Bediüzzaman
Said Nursî (by Abdurrahman Nursi, prep. for press, 1979), Şırnak Baskını (The Şırnak Raid, press
scan, 1992), Bediüzzaman'ın Volkan
Yazıları (Bediüzzaman’s Volcano Articles, simplified, 1994).
TRAVEL
LITERATURE: İran'da İslâmın Zaferi (Victory
of Islam in Iran, 1980).
REFERENCE: İhsan
Işık / Türkiye Edebiyatçılar ve Kültür Adamları Ansiklopedisi (2006).
