Journalist,
writer and novelist (b. 1911, Kozan / Adana
– d. 1989, İstanbul). He began his career as a journalist in 1933 in the newspaper Haber. He continued his job as a
reporter, writer and chief editor in the newspapers, Dünya, Cumhuriyet, Son Posta, Tan, Yeni Sabah, Tanin, Hergün, Son
Telgraf, Gece Postası, Hürriyet ve
Tercüman. He gained a mass readership by serializing the lives of famous
Turk wrestlers. It is said that former Turkish President, Cemal Gürsel, often
called him and asked him for information related to this serial. Sertoğlu also
became a pioneer of the expansion of sport pages and cartoon strips in
newspapers. He spoke French, English, Arabic and Farsi. He wrote around two
hundred novels.
MAIN WORKS:
Çakırcalı Mehmet Efe (Çakırcalı Mehmet Efe), Atçalı Kel Mehmet Efe (Atçalı
Kel Mehmet Efe), Battal Gazi (Battal Gazi), Battal
Gazi'nin Oğlu (Son of Battal Gazi), Hekimoğlu (Hekimoğlu), Kamalı Zeybek (A Specific Dance of Western Anatolia), Kerbela (Kerbela), Köroğlu (Köroğlu), Şeyh Şamil (Şeyh Şamil), Yörük Ali Efe (Yörük Ali
Efe), Yunus Emre (Yunus Emre), Yunus Emre Divanı ve Açıklaması (The Divan* of Yunus Emre with
explanation), Bulgar Sabri (Bulgarian Sabri), Kurtdereli Koca Yusuf (Great
Yusuf of Kurtdere), Topal Osman (Lame Osman), Sandıkçı Şükrü (Chest
Maker Şükrü).