Poet and translator (b. 1897, Ağın
/ Elazığ - d. 1976). He attended primary school in Ağın and secondary school in
Diyarbakır, Elazığ and Konya. He worked as an examining official at the Elazığ
Provincial Office, as a teacher of literature at Nafia State School of Science,
a member of the Translation Bureau and at the Turkish Language Association. He
retired while he was working at the Exchequer and Audit Department (1961).
His articles were published in the
newspapers and reviews starting with Dicle
Osmanlı, Ocak, Babalık, Yeni Fikir (Konya), Donanma,
Servet-i Fünûn and
Karagöz (İstanbul).
He wrote humorous verses under the pen name “Yobaz”.
WORKS:
Kırkından Sonra/ Gönül Sazı (After Forty/The Baglama of the Heart, 1939).
COLLECTION: Gönül Bahçesi (Garden of the Heart, 1969).
In addition, he translated from
English and prepared collections.
