Novelist (b. 1948, İzmir). He
attended the İzmir Primary Education College, and graduated from Middle East
Technical University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering
(1971). He worked as a civil engineer at the State Water Works, the Tourism
Bank and at a private company.
He
shared the first rank award at the Milliyet
Novel Contest in 1978 with Orhan Pamuk, with his novel Issızlığın Ortasında (In the Midst of Isolation). He also collected
the Madaralı Novel Award in 1985 with the same work and the Orhan Kemal Novel
Award in 1985 with Geç Kalmış Ölü
(The Delayed Dead), which was the continued story of the previous book. He
reflected various situations of humanity by creating anti-heroes, but not
concealing his political point of view.
WORKS:
NOVEL:
Issızlığın Ortasında (In the Midst of
Isolation, 1984), Geç Kalmış Ölü (The
Delayed Dead, 1985), Yarım Kalan Yürüyüş
(The March Interrupted, 1986), Adını
Unutan Adam (The Man Who Forgot His Name, 1989), Yürek Sürgünü (Exile of Heart, 1994), Zamanın Manzarası (View of Time, 2002), Kusma Kulübü (Vomit Club, 2004).
