Educator-poet, statesman. He was born in Kayseri in 1926. He
completed his primary school in Kayseri.
He graduated from Cebeci Secondary School, Ankara Gazi
High School and Ankara
University DTCF Turkish Language and Literature Department (1953). From 1952 onwards, he worked as an administrator and
as a teacher at high schools in Afyon, Nevşehir and Adana. He worked as an
administrator at Kayseri
High School (1961). He
was sentenced in 1962 with the claim of radicalism. He was elected as Kayseri deputy in 1965
elections at TGNA. He was known with his fierce speeches and attitude in the
parliament.
After his term ended, he returned back to his job. He
taught literature at Istanbul Pertevniyal High School, Ataturk Education
Institute (MU Ataturk Faculty of Education), Istanbul Imam Hatip
School and was retired in
1983.
His first poem was published at Orkun journal in 1950; followed by publications at journals such as
Serdengeçti, Oğuz, Aras, Gurbet, Erciyes,
Türkeli and Türk Edebiyatı. He was famous with his epic poems as a
poet. He was the editor of Mefkure
journal, publication of Association of Turkish Nationalists. He has a published
brochure about Atsız in 1993; but he did not publish his poetry book until the
end of 2005. He has a book titled Mücadele ve Meclis Çalışmaları (1969).
“Ateşoğlu is not
son of fire, he is the fire himself.” (Arif Nihat Asya)
REFERENCE:
Abdullah Satoğlu / Kayseri Şairleri – Başlangıçtan Bugüne kadar (1962), Ferit
Ragıp Tuncor / Mehmet Ateşoğlu (Yeni Defne, issue: 181, April 1997), Fahri
Ersavaş / Tanzimat’tan Bu Yana Hamâsî Türk Şiiri Antolojisi (exp. ed. 2, 1997, p.487), TDOE – TDE Ansiklopedisi 2
(2002), Abdullah Satoğlu / Kayseri Ansiklopedisi (2002).
