Poet and writer (b. 1934, Çumra /
Konya – 15 April 1992). He also wrote under the pen name Kemal Bayram. He could
not continue his education at Düziçi Village Institute (1930) as he was
arrested under article 142 of the Turkish Criminal Code
He worked in various jobs and at the reviews and
newspapers Bugün (1953) in Adana, Taş, Dolmuş and Akşam in İstanbul. He published a newspaper called Yenigün (1968) in Ankara. He wrote books
about his travels from the Bahamas to Siberia, from the depths of Asia to
Africa. He won the Evliya Çelebi Award in 1983.
WORKS:
POETRY: Erken Öten
Horoz (The Early Crowing Rooster, 1976), Bir Kök Bin Damar (One Root, a Thousand Nerves, 1976), Nar Dalında Çatlar (Split on the
Pomegranate Branch, 1978), Mihrican
(Autumn, 1988).
OTHER WORKS: Mezopotamya
(Mesopotamia, Iraq travel notes), Biri
Yer Biri Bakar (One Eats the Other Looks, articles, 1977), Lenin'in Ülkesi (Country of Lenin,
1978), Sabahattin Ali Olayı
(Sabahattin Ali Incident, investigation, 1978), İpek Yüzlü Çin (Silk Surfaced China, travel notes,), Düşe Kalka (In Ordeal), Emek Kartalları (Eagles of Bread), Sibirya Şafağı (Siberian Dawn), Al Senin Olsun (Take It, It’s Yours).
