Writer and translator (b. 1958, Nazilli
/ Aydın). He attended his primary school in Nazilli and he attended his
secondary school in İzmit. He graduated from Ege University, Faculty of
Literature, Department of Turkish Language and Literature. For a while he
worked in Mavera Reviews. Between 1984 and 1985 he stayed in London-
England for one year and a half. He finished his master program in Middle East
Technical University, Department of Sociology. He received for master degree
and PhD degree for history branch in Boğazici University, Institute of Atatürk.
He worked in a research foundation and worked in Üsküdar Municipality. He
worked as a pre-assistant professor for history department in Yüzüncü Yıl University for four
years.
He worked as a foreign affairs columnist in
Yeni Şafak Newspaper for two years. His diary, works, essays, translations were
published Yeni Devir and Yeni Şafak newspapers and
Mavera, Diriliş, İslam, İlim ve Sanat, Yedi İklim, Andırın Postası, Çerçeve reviews.
He wrote historical and biological articles for Islamic Encyclopedia.
WORKS:
RESEARCH: Millî Mücadele (National Liberations,
1992), Üsküdar Sempozyumu I - Bildiriler (The
Declarations of Üsküdar Symposium I, 2
Volumes, 2004), Üsküdar Sempozyumu II -
Bildiriler (The Declaration of Üsküdar Symposium II, 2 Volumes, 2005).
ESSAY: Çağdaş Sömürge İmparatorluğu (The Modern
Imperialist Empire, 1989), Türkiye’nin
Boyun Ağrıları (The Neck Pain of Turkey, 1992).
BIOGRAPHY: Muhammed M. Pickthall – Bir İngiliz Yazarın Müslüman Olarak Portresi (The
Portrait English Writer as a Muslim, 1994), Ziya
Paşa (Ziya Paşa, 2001), Üsküdar
Hatırası (Üsküdar Memory, 2003).
ANTHOLOGY: Üsküdar Şiirleri Antolojisi (The Anthology of Üsküdar Poems with S.
Ünlü, 2003).