Writer and
translator (b. 1932, Ayvalık / Balıkesir – d. 2014). After
secondary school, he left his studies and began working. He continued as a
journalist in Ayvalık, a job that he had begun in
He has
translated poems and novels from contemporary Greek literature and plays which
have not been staged. Many of the stories and poems were published in reviews
such as Varlık and Türk Dili. Some of his translations featured in Asım Bezirci’s
book named Dost Türk-Yunan Şairlerinin
Diliyle Barış (Peace with the Language of the Friendly
Turkish-Greek Poets). He wrote about the famous people visiting Ayvalık
in his work Portreler (Portraits). He
reflected the drama of the Greeks and Turks who had to leave their country by
force in his novel trilogy beginning with Savaşın
Çocukları (Children of War).
WORKS:
MONOGRAPHY: Ayvalık'ı Gezerken (While
Wandering in Ayvalık, 1997).
NOVEL: Savaşın Çocukları - Girit'
ten Sonra Ayvalık (Children of War-
Ayvalık After Crete, 1997), Kuşaklar - Ya
da Ayvalık Yaşantısı (Generations- Or the Life in Ayvalık, 2002), Savaşın Çocukları (Children of War, 2002), Girit'ten Cunda'ya - Ya da Aşkın Anotomisi (From
Crete to Cunda- Or the Anatomy of Love, 2003).
PORTRAIT: Ayvalık'ta İz Bırakanlar
(People who Left their Footprints in Ayvalık, 1998).
He has also
done translations.