Poet and writer (b. 1914, İstanbul). He completed his primary and
elementary school education in İstanbul and graduated from the Faculty of
Advanced Economics and Sociology (1938). His philosophical essays and poems
were published in the review Yücel,
the review of which he was among the founders and in reviews such as Ülkü, Çınar, Bütün Türkiye, Yirminci Asır,
Hisar and Karınca.
WORKS:
POETRY: Sevince Dair (About
Joy, 1969), Evrende Bir Tek Kalp Çarpıyor
/ Şiirler 1970 - 71(Only One Heart Beats in the Universe / Poems 1970 – 71), Şiirlerle Türk Büyükleri (Great Turkish
Personalities Through Poems, 1972), Güzellemeler
/ Şiirler – 1971- 72 (Appraisals / Poems, 1971 – 72), Bütün Güzel – İyi Doğru İçin Şiirler: 1973-77 (Poems for All the
Beautiful, Good and True: 1973-77), Yeni
Şiirler (New Poems, 1986).
SHORT STORY: İndilip Delişmenleri
/ Öyküler (Madcap Exploits of İndilip
/ Stories), Gerçekler, Hayaller
(Facts and Visions, 1985).
ESSAYS - RESEARCH: Türkiye’de
İçtimai Siyaset Meseleleri (Sociological Politics Issues in Turkey, 1951), Doğmamış İnsanla Konuşmalar (Speeches to
the Unborn, 1972). Şiirler ve Biyografilerle Yüz Türk Büyüğü
(A Hundred Turkish Greats with Poems and Biographies, 1973), İnsanlığın Sorunları (Problems of
Humanity, 1973), Yaşayan İnsanla
Konuşmalar (Speeches to the Living, 1978), Duygular, Düşünceler: 1969-79 (Feelings and Thoughts: 1969-79,
1979), Uzaylılar ve İnsanlar
(Extraterrestrials and Humans, 1981), Arayışlar,
Yorumlar (bilim ve ahlâk felsefesi) (Research, Commentaries
(philosophy of science and morals), 1985), Sebepler,
Sonuçlar (kültür felsefesi) (Reasons and Results - philosophy of
culture, 1986).
