Poet and writer (b. 21
December 1967, Donatım / Adapazarı). He graduated from Haydarpaşa Vocational
High School. He left İstanbul University, Faculty of Economics, Department of
Econometrics. He did several jobs such as culture and art director and news
director at the Türkiye Newspaper Radio and Television Corporation’s newspaper
Türkiye and at the İhlas News Agency from 1984. He worked as news coordinator at the same
newspaper from 1997. He is a member of the Turkish Journalists Association and
the Professional Association of Scientific and Literary Work Owners of Turkey.
His essays first
featured in the journal Zafer (1985).
In addition he writes weekly for the newspaper Türkiye. His first book
was published in its 13th edition in 2000.
WORKS:
ESSAY: Sevmek Ölmekle Başlar - Birinci Kitap
(Loving Begins with Dying, first book, 1981), Sevmek Ölmekle Başlar - İkinci Kitap (Loving Begins With Dying,
second book, 1995), Kalbim Nerde
Sanıyorsun? (Do You Imagine Where My Heart is?, 2000), Aşk Belki (Perhaps Love, 2002).
POETRY: Yangının Adı Leyla (The Name of the Fire
is Leila, 2002).