Mehmet Sılay

Doctor of Medicine, Politician, Writer, Poet

Birth
20 August, 1949
Education
Istanbul University Faculty of Cerrahpaşa Medical Sciences
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     Poet and writer (b. 20 August 1949, Beberte village / Altınözü / Hatay). He attended Kırıkhan Kurtuluş Primary School (1957), Kırıkhan Secondary School (1961) and graduated from İskenderun High School (1964) and Istanbul University, Faculty of Cerrahpaşa Medical Sciences (1972). He did his specialist study on urology in Germany (1982). He worked at a publishing house for a while. He worked as a laboratory assistant, doctor and chief-of-staff at hospitals in İstanbul and İskenderun. He entered parliament when he became a deputy for the Prosperity Party at the 24 December 1995 elections. Then he worked as an urologist at a private clinic in Ankara. He is member of the Writers Union of Turkey (for a while vice chairman).

His first work, İki Aylık Iztırap (Two-month Pain), was published in Fikir ve Sanatta Hareket review. Since then his work has been published in Hareket, Adımlar, Türk Edebiyatı, Hatay reviews and Akşam, Millî Gazete, Akit, Türkiye, Yeni Dönem newspapers. For his services to Turkish Culture an award was given to him by the Province of Hatay. His books Tunel Faicası (Tunnel Calamity) and Parlamentodan Haberler (News from the Parliament) were seized by the State; he was put on trial but acquitted.

WORKS: 

POEM: Kerbela Türküleri (Songs of Kerbela, 1987)

RESEARCH-STUDY: Hatay Evli–yaları (Saints of Hatay, 1989), Hatay Mücahitleri (The Fighter of Hatay, 1989), Kronik İntihar (Chronic Suicide, 1989), Hatay'da Sosyo-Kültürel Çevre (The Socio-Cultural Environment in Hatay, 1989), Tünel Faciası (Tunnel Calamity, 1990), Parlamentodan Haber (News from the Parliament, 1998), Belen Derbendi (1998), Avrupa'da Hilalin Çocukları (Children of the Crescent in Europe, 1999), Yüzyılın Depremi (Earthquake of the Century, 1999), Meclis'te Merve Olayı (The Merve Incident in the Assembly, 2000), Öze Yolculuk (Journey to the Heart), İskilipli Atıf Hoca 1876-1926 (2016)..

TRAVEL LITERATURE: Kudüs’e Yolculuk (Journey to Jerusalem). 

REFERENCE: Mehmet Atilla Maraş / Şair Milletvekilleri 1 - 22. Dönem 1920-2005 (2005), İhsan Işık / Türkiye Edebiyatçılar ve Kültür Adamları Ansiklopedisi (2006).

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