Poet and
writer (b. 1928, Aksu / Araç / Kastamonu - d. 11 June 2021, Karabuk). He went to primary school in Araç.
He graduated from Kastamonu High School (1946), Turkish Military Academy (1950)
and National Security Academy (1978). Having positions in different departments
of the Gendarmerie Organization as a Gendarmerie Lieutenant, he worked in Zara, Giresun,
Keşan, Urfa, Akçakale, Goçar, Devrek, Ankara, Yozgat, Bursa, Emirdağ, Yozgat,
Bursa, Sarıkamış, Kars, Karabük and Siirt. In 1984, when he was the Gendarmerie
Recruit Drill Commander of Çanakkale, he retired as a general.
His first poem appeared in 1946, in the periodical Büyük Doğu (The Great East); and in the following years his articles and
poems appeared in the newspapers Tercüman,
Milliyet and in many reviews such as
Varlık, Orkun, Mavi, Özgür, Çağrı, Ajans-Turk, Şiir Defteri, Defne, Size. He
administered the art and literature page of the newspaper, Ayyıldız. He is a member of the Professional Association of
Scientific and Literary Work Owners of Turkey. In 1964, he was chosen as Poet
of the Year by Ajans-Turk
WORKS:
POETRY: Harran
Ovasından Mektuplar
(Letters from the Harran Plain, 1964), Harran
Güzellemesi (Eulogy for Harran, 1993),
Çeşitlemeler (Variations, 1996).
SHORT STORY: Kadın
Parmağı (Woman’s
Finger, 1993), Bıngıldaklı Çayır (The
Meadow with Fontanel, 1996), Bir Kasabaya
İki Deli Fazla, (Having Two Mad Men is too Much for a Town, 2001).
RESEARCH: Araçlı Şehit ve Gazi Atalarımızın Soy Kütüğü (The Family Records Of
Our Ancestors Who were Martyrs or War Veterans from Araç, 1998), Kastamonu Yöresi Deyim ve Mânileri
(Idioms and Folk Songs of the Kastamonu District, 2004).
REFERENCE: Necmettin Alkan / Asker Bahçesi (1967), Abdulkadir Güler / Harran Güzellemesi ve Şair Fazıl Bayraktar (Gülpınar dergisi, 1994), Fahri Ersavaş / Hamasî Türk Şiiri Antolojisi (1997), Abdürrezzak Elçi / Harran Güzellemesi Şairi Emekli General Fazıl Bayraktar’la Söyleşi (Şanlıurfa dergisi, 2000), İlhan Çiloğlu / Asker Yazar ve Şairler (2000), Şennur Şenol / söyleşi (Çağrı dergisi, Aralık 2001), Abdullah Satoğlu / Şair ve Yazar Fazıl Bayraktar (Çağrı dergisi, Ekim 2001), Nail Tan / Kastamonulu İki Ünlü Şair ve Yazar Orhan Şaik Gökyay - M. Behçet Necatigil ve Yaşayan Şairlerimizden Bir Bölümü (2002), Misbah Hicri / Şiirlerde Harran (2003), Nail Tan-Özdemir Tan / Gurur Kaynağımız Kastamonulular II (2004), Hüseyin Özbek / Türk Kalesi Yıkılırken (2004), İhsan Işık / Türkiye Yazarlar Ansiklopedisi (2004) – Encyclopedia of Turkish Authors (2005) - Resimli ve Metin Örnekli Türkiye Edebiyatçılar ve Kültür Adamları Ansiklopedisi (2006, gen. 2. bas. 2007) . Fazıl Bayraktar’ı kaybettik (kastamonugazetesi.com.tr, 12 Haziran 2021), Fazıl Bayraktar hayatını kaybetti (baskentpostasi.com, 12 Haziran 2021), Hüseyin Özbek / Güle Güle Fazıl Paşam (kastamonugazetesi.com.tr, 14 Haziran 2021
