Mehmet Emin Bozarslan

Writer, translator. He was born on September 15, 1934 in Lice / Diyarbakir. He went to madrasah for training. He learned Turkish in a later age, and became literate by reading the pages of calendars. He has attended the external examinations to complete the primary school. He became a mufti through external examinations.

He worked as a mufti in Hani and Kulp districts of Diyarbakir, in Malatya and in Şarkoy (1956-1969). He was discharged twice. He worked in Arkın publications and then in Günaydın newspaper for a while. He worked in the editorial board of Cumhuriyet Ansiklopedisi between 1961 and 1971. He continued with his studies in Sweden, where he resided in 1979.

WORKS:

RESEARCH: Allah’a İnan (1960), İslâmiyet Açısından Şeyhlik Ağalık (1964), Gerçekler Konuşuyor (1965), Doğunun Sorunları (1966), Hilafet ve Ümmetçilik Sorunu (1967), Kürtçe Alfabe (1968), Savaşan Lübnan (1976), Torbalık Bilim (İlme Tûrik, 1989).

TRANSLATION: Memuzin (Ahmed-i Hani’den, halk hikâyesi, 1968), Sosyal Devrimler, Ulusal Savaşlar (Nehru’dan, 1970),  Şerefname (vol. 2, from Şeref Han, 1971), Mervani Kürtleri Tarihi (from İbnü’l-Ezrak, 1975), Mahabat Kürd Cumhuriyeti (from William Eageleton, 1976),

DICTIONARY: Kürtçe-Türkçe Sözlük (1978).

STORY-TALE:  İçerdekiler ve Dışardakiler (1974), Anarşistler (1977), Meyro (Also five books compilated from Kurdish fables 1979), Kral Zoro (1981), Kavalcı Kurt (1982), Kez Hatun (1982), Farelerin Başarısı (1984), Guguk (1985), Gülsün Gelin (Bûka Gulsûn, 1990), Çekirge Hoca (Mela Kulî, 1991), Rüstem Kâhya’nın Şerefi (1992).

COMPILATION: Melaye Meşhur (Kurdish jokes like that Nasreddin Hoca’s jokes, 1986).

TRAVEL LITTERATURE: Savaşan Lübnan (1976).

REFERENCE: Şevket Beysanoğlu / Diyarbakırlı Fikir ve Sanat Adamları (vol. 3, 1997, p. 391), Yurt Ansiklopedisi (vol. IV, 1982), Şükran Kurdakul / Şairler ve Yazarlar Sözlüğü (exp. ed. 6, 1999), TBE Ansiklopedisi (2001), Asuman Memen / Radikal Kitap (2.5.2003), İhsan Işık (TEKAA, 2009).