Journalist and writer (b. 1950, Kars). He attended primary school in Oluklu Village and elementary school in Kağızman Town. He graduated from Kars Alparslan High School and Rize Teachers Training School. He finished his higher education at the Ankara Gazi Institute of Education, Department of Painting. He is from the ‘68 generation.
He went
abroad after the coup d’état of 12 March 1971. He lived in Middle Eastern
countries such as Syria, Lebanon, Palestine and Israel for eight years. He
learnt the regional languages especially Arabic and Hebrew. His articles have
been published in the reviews, 2000’e Doğru and Aydınlık. He
collected his works in books from 1990.
WORKS:
İslâmcı Örgütler (Islamic Organizations, 1994), Filistin Rüyası - İsrail Zindanlarında 7 Yıl (The Palestine Dream-7 Years in the Dungeons of Israel), İslâm'da Cinsel Büyüler (Sexual Incantations in Islam,1998), Ali'siz Alevilik (Alawism without Ali, 1998), İntifada Dersleri (Lessons of Intifada, translated and collected), Horasan Kimin Yurdu (Whose Land is Horasan?, 1998), İslâm Komüncüleri (Islam Communards, 2 volumes, 1998,), Ebu Müslim Horasani / Bir İhtilalcinin Hikâyesi (Ebu Müslim Horasani, A Revolutionary’s Story, 1999), İslâm Ekonomisinin Eleştirisi (Critique of Islamic Economy,1999), Yeşil Sermaye Nereye Gidiyor (Where is the Green Capital Going? 1999), Eşitlikçi Dervişan Cumhuriyetleri ve Hasan Sabbah Gerçeği (Egalitarian Dervish Republics and the Reality of Hasan Sabbah, 1999), Kod Adı : Hizbullah (Code Name: Hizbullah, 1999), Milliyetçilik Din ve Kadın Tartışmaları – 1 (Nationalism, Religion and Women’s Arguments-I), Kim Bu Fethullah Gülen? (Who is this Fethullah Gülen?) Ortadoğu'nun Solan Renkleri (The Fugitive Colors of the Middle East, 2002), Kürt Dilinin Tarihçesi (The History of the Kurdish Language, 2002).
