Novelist (b. 1910, Leskovik / Macedonia – d. 2 February 1971, İstanbul).
He attended primary school in İstanbul (1924), elementary school in Mersin
(1927) and graduated from high school in Antalya (1930). He wrote for the local
newspapers while was working at French bank in Mersin (1932). He worked as a
reporter, secretary and editor in chief in the newspapers Cumhuriyet (1932), Son Posta (1933), Yeni
Sabah (1940-45), Yarın (1946) and Memleket (1947-48). He published the
Yeşim Publishing House in 1965. He wrote serial novels in the newspaper Son Havadis in his late years.
WORKS:
SHORT STORY: Beni Yakan Bir Ateş Var (There is A Fire
Burning Me, 1935).
NOVEL: İçimizde Biri (One of Us, 1936), Dişi Örümcek (Female Spider, 1937), Efeler (Swashbucklers, 1938), Zümrüt Gözlü Sultan (Sultan with
Emerald- Green Eyes, historical novel, life of Hürrem Sultan, 1965), Nasreddin Hoca (Nasreddin Hodja, all
anecdotes, 1966), Allah'ın Gazapları (Wraths
of God, in 4 volumes, 1967), Allah'ın
Peygamberleri (Prophets of God, in 2 volumes, 1968), Ovaya İnen Şahin (Falcon That Settle Into the Plain, 1971), Dünyayı Güldüren Adam (The
Man Who Amuses the World, 2004).