Novelist (b. 1957,
Karacafenk village / Kayseri). She graduated from Beşiktaş High School
for Girls (1974) and then worked at the İstanbul Telephone Directorate for a
short time. After leaving this post, she involved herself in her writing. Her
first novel Sevgili Arsız Ölüm (Dear
Shameless Death) is a tale that tells a story of a family that migrates to a
big city from a village, which attracted a lot of interest (1983). Her success
continued with her later works. Bir Yudum
Sevgi (A Sip of Love), which was adapted for the cinema in 1984 and became
her first screenplay.
WORKS:
NOVEL: Sevgili Arsız Ölüm (Dear Shameless
Death, 1983), Berci Kristin Çöp Masalları
(Garbage Tales of Berci Kristin, 1984),
Gece Dersleri (The Night Lessons, 1986),
Buzdan Kılıçlar (The Swords Made of Ice, 1989), Aşk İşaretleri (The Signs of Love, 1995), Ormanda Ölüm Yokmuş (There wasn’t a Death in the Forest, 2001), Unutma Bahçesi (Garden
to Forget, 2004).
SHORT STORY: Gümüşlük Akademisi (Silver Academy,
1997).
