Poet and writer. He was born in 1941 at Çepelli
(Mishos) village / Komotini / Greece.
He used the pseudonyms of A. Kartaltepe, A, RTA, MMR, AA, YT, RT and Rahmi
Türkkan in his articles. After completing the primary school, he has won the
public boarding examinations, came to Turkey and completed Malatya
Akçadağ First Teachers’ School. After completing the school, he returned to Western Thrace and started to work as a teacher at the
primary school in his village (1961). He was retired in 2002. Rahmi Ali has
written poems, diaries, essays, memories, reviews and travel essays; and he is
one of three founders of Şafak journal
which was published in Greece
between the years 1989 and 2004, and he was the editor-in-chief until the
journal’s publication ended.
He started writing when he was a student; and after
returning to Western Thrace, he wrote articles in Birlik and Öğretmen
journals published by Western Thrace Turkish Teachers’ Union
in 1960s, of which he was the executive board member and president and he also
took after duty in these journals. He wrote in the newspapers of Akın, Azınlık Postası and İleri; and some of his stories were
published in newspapers and journals of Turkey such as Varlık, Varlık
Yıllıkları, Töre, 24 Saat, Devrim, Batı Trakya‘nın Sesi, Batı Trakya,
Kardaş Edebiyatlar, Şiir Defteri, Tarla, Turnalar and Aykırısanat. He has also published in some media organs
of Bulgaria, Romania, Yugoslavia and TRNC. He has
received the First Prize in the contest of Töre journal with his story
named Muhacir Osman. His articles and poets were also published in some
Turkish media organs in Yugoslavia
and Bulgaria.
His children’s book named Ay ile Güneş was published both in Turkey and in Greece.
Rahmi Ali has written poems, diaries, essays, memories,
reviews and travel essays; and he is one of three founders of Şafak journal which began to be
published in Greece
from 1989 onwards, and he is the editor-in-chief of this journal.
WORKS:
CHILDREN’S
BOOK: Ay ile Güneş (1982).
STORY: Zor
İş (2002).
REFERENCE:
Oktay Akbal / Zor İş (Cumhuriyet, 10.4.1977), Feyyaz Sağlam / Batı Trakya
Yunanistan’da Çağdaş Türk Edebiyatı Antolojisi (1990), Hasan Mercan /
Balkanlarda Çağdaş Türk Şiiri Antolojisi (2000) - Balkanlarda Çağdaş Türk
Hikâyeleri Antolojisi (2001) - Balkanlarda Çağdaş Türk Çocuk Edebiyatı
Antolojisi (2002), Sevinç Çokum / Hikâye Yarışması Hakkında - Yağmur Tunalı /
Öldüren Sanatsızlık Dirilten Sanat
(Töre, issue:115), Ahmet Bican Ercilasun / Muhacir Osman (Töre, issue:116),
Satı Merdan / Rafa Kaldırılan Yaşamlara Bir Dokunuş (İnsancıl, May 2005).
