Poet (b. 1923, Nazilli / Aydın – d. 2
March, 2001, İstanbul). He also wrote under the pen name Tınmaz Aşık. He is the
son of the İzmir Judicial Affairs Manager, Ali Ulvi Alacakaptan, father of
actor and writer Ulvi Alacakaptan, brother of jurist Uğur Alacakaptan and
retired ambassador, Aydın Alacakaptan. He attended primary, elementary and high
schools in İzmir. He graduated from İstanbul University, Faculty of Medicine
(1947). He worked as an internal pathologist in Kırşehir and Aydın for a time
and at Şişli Children’s Hospital and Haseki Hospital after he returned to
İstanbul. He also published the review Dünya
Tıp, and ran a travel agency. He was strangled in his house in Gümüşsuyu.
His humorous work and poems that he
wrote in both prosodic and syllabic meter were published in reviews such as Yeni Mecmua, Çınaraltı, Amcabey, Kahkaha
and Alay. His medical books have also
been published.
WORKS (Poetry):
Salkım (Bunch, 1943), Bir Salkım Daha (One More Bunch, 1959), Seviler Serisi / Aruzla Deyişler (Series of Love / Sayings in
Prosody, 1963), İştur / Tur Şarkıları (İştur
/ Tour Songs, 1978).