Poet (b. 10 May
1914, Dervişali / Fatih / İstanbul). He graduated first from İstanbul High
School (1935) and then from the Political Science Avanced School (1939). He
worked as an examiner, section director, and assistant to the general manager
at the General Directorate of the Ministry of Finance. In addition, he worked
as the General Manager of Customs at the Ministry of Customs and Monopolies
(1960-1962); as the Head of the Industry Office at the Ministry of Industry
(1962-1965) and was a representative at the Common Market in Brussels
(1965-68). While he was a member of Examination Committee of the Ministry of
Finance, he officially retired. Then he became the General Secretary of the
Union of Turkish Associations (1971-72), member of the Executive Board of the
Iron and Steel Organization (1973-74), member of the Executive Board of Petrochemical Holdings and member of the academic staff of the English
Philology Department at Hacettepe University.
His first article was published in the newspaper
Vakit in 1930. From the 1940s, he
published his poems and articles in the periodicals Varlık, Büyük Doğu, Doğuş, Hep Bu Topraktan, İstanbul,
Ülkü, Yaratış, Yücel and Şadırvan.
WORKS (Poetry):
Rıhtım Sisleri (Fog on the Dock, 1943), Beşinci Mevsim (The Fifth Season, 1953).
