Researcher and writer (b. 1951, Sivas).
He graduated from Sivas High School (1969) and İstanbul University, Faculty of
Economics, Department of Administration and Finance (1973). He began to work as
a civil servant at Sivas Provincial Social Security Foundation in
His first articles were published in
the Sivas regional journals Hizmet,
Hakikat, Bizim Anadolu etc. He has been rewarded with letters of
commendation by the Presidents of Kyrgyzstan
and Kazakhstan for his services to these countries and for his books about
these countries.
WORKS:
Orta Asya Mektupları (Letters
of Middle Asia, 1994), Kırgızistan; Dünü,
Bugünü, Yarını (Kyrgyzstan: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow, 1997), Kazakistan; Dünü, Bugünü, Yarını (Kazakhstan:
Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow, 1999), Türk
Dünyası Üzerine Düşünceler (Thoughts About the Turkic World, 2000), Mağcan Cumabay Şiirlerinde Millî Kimlik
Tanımı (The Definition of National Identity in the Poetry of Mağcan
Cumabay, 2001), Altay’daki Yüreğim Mağcan
Cumabay’a Cevap (Answer to Mağcan Cumabay, My Heart in Altai, 2003).