Poet and writer (b. 1 January
1946, Kızıltepe / Mardin). He attended primary and secondary schools in
Kızıltepe. He graduated from Diyarbakır Primary Teachers Training School for
Boys (1954). He worked as class teacher. He graduated Diyarbakır Institute of
Education, Department of Turkish in 1976. He served as Turkish teacher and
director in various cities and provinces. He completed his undergraduation as
graduating from Anatolian University, Faculty of Open Education, Department of
Turkish Language and Literature in 1992 while he was working as Director of
Söke Branch of the Ministry of National Education in Aydın between 1985-1994.
Then, he was appointed as Director of Çamaş Branch of the Ministry of National
Education in Ordu. He retired by his request in 1995. He is a member of The
Professional Association of Scientific and Literary Work Owners of Turkey and
Folklore Research Institute.
His poems, articles on
folklore and essays were published in local publications and culture and art reviews
from 1962. His first poems were published in the newspaper Mücadele (Diyarbakır). Later, his
works were published in the reviews İslâm, Hilâl, Oku, Tarla, Çaba, Defne,
Çağrı, Türk Edebiyatı, Adımlar, Eflatun, Türk Folkloru, Türk Folklor
Araştırmaları, Erciyes, Gülpınarı, Tohum, Hareket, Türk Dili, Türk Edebiyatı and
the newspapers Yeni Söke and Söke Ekspres. He undertook the post
as director of the culture-art pages of the newspaper Yeni Söke. He
received the Turkish Folklor Institution Service to the Turkish Folklor Award
in 1998. He received the Office of The Prime Minister, Directorate General of
Press and Information Award with Yerli ve
Yabancı Gözü ile Yunus Emre (Yunus
Emre from the Perspective of Foreigners and Domestics). He received award from
Union of Aegean Researchers and Writers in 2003 and the research award from
Aydın Journalists Association. He received the Söke Municipality Service to
Söke Culture in 2004. Besides, he received various plaquettes and honorary
awards.
WORKS:
POETRY: Dicle Köprüsü
(Dicle Bridge, 1970), Harran’da Atatürk Çiçeği (Atatürk Flower in
Harran, 1986), Bir Başka Türkü (An Other Folk Song, 1991), Bahar Düşü
(Dream of Spring, 1992), Yaz Güneşi
Bengisu (Bengisu, the Summer Sun, 2004), Çanakale İçinde Aynalı Çarşı (Bazaar with Mirror in Dardanelles,
2004).
COLLECTION-ANTHOLOGY: Yerli
ve Yabancı Gözü ile Yunus Emre (Yunus Emre, from the perspective of
Foreigners and Domestics, 1993), Sökeli Şairler ve Yazarlar (Poets and
Writers of Söke, 1990).
RESEARCH-ESSAY:
Konularına Göre Manilerimiz (Quatrains, According to its Subjects,
1994), Çamaş Notları (Notes on Çamaş, 1994), Mardin Folkloru
Gelenekler-Görenekler (Traditions in Mardin Folklore, 1998), Sökeli Bir Güzel Adam-Ahmet Güçsav (Ahmet
Güçsav, A Beautiful Man from Söke, 2001), Aydın(lı)
Yazar Mahmut Özay (Mahmut Özay, a Writer from Aydın, 2004).
