Writer
(b. 1959, Bartın). He
graduated from Istanbul University, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine (1984). He
worked as a professional psychiatrist in İstanbul Kartal Training and Research
Hospital. He was interested in on current issues such as politics, sexuality,
sports and violence in his novels as well as in his intellectual articles from
a psychiatrist’s point of view.
WORKS:
NOVEL: Devrimciler (The Revolutionists, 1988), Kimlik (Identity, 1989), Çağrısız Hayalim (My Uninvited Dream, 1992), Kişilikler (Personalities, 1995), Öteki Kayıp (The Other Lost, 1998), İntihar-Zamanlarımızın Bir Kahramanı (Suicide-A Hero of Our Times,
1999), Kuş Bakışı (Bird’s Eye View,
2002).
ESSAY: Yanılmanın Gerçekliği (The Reality of Erring, 1999).
RESEARCH: Psikiyatri El Kitabı (Handbook of Psychiatry, 2002), Politik Psikiyatri (Political Psychiatry, 2003).
