Researcher-writer, calligraphist, photographer,
enrichment artist. He was born on April 14, 1959 in Tosya / Kastamonu. He
graduated from Imam
Hatip High
School (1978), Anadolu University AOF Department
of Social Sciences (1995) and Theology. He participated in many mixed
exhibitions within Turkey.
He tried to make the art of calligraphy familiar for the public and taught
calligraphy for long years. He participated to Second Kastamonu Culture
Symposium and submitted his paper named “Calligraphists
of Tosya during the Ottoman Era” (2003). He is an artist also known with
his works in photography and enrichment. Some examples of his work were placed
in mosque enrichments around Ankara
and the ceiling ornamentations of Anıtkabir that he did in 1997 and 1998. He
worked as a redactor in Directorate of Religious Affairs, Religious Publications
Office, DIB Periodicals Office journal Diyanet
Aylık’s coordinator after 1978. He is known with his works in photography,
camera and mosque enrichments. He is the calligraphist of the works named Kur’an
Alfabesi (1994) and Kur’an Okulu (1997). He is a member of GESAM,
Turkey Writers’ Union and ILESAM.
He published more than eighty articles in the journals
such as Diyanet İlmî, Diyanet Aylık, Diyanet Avrupa and Hakses. His articles and biographies about
traditional arts, Islamic arts and literature were published in Diyanet
İlmî, Diyanet, Yeni Asya, Hakses, Vakıflar, Diyanet Avrupa from 1997
onwards.
WORKS:
Hac
Yolunda Ziyaret Yerleri (1992), Kur’an
Alfabesi (1995), Kur’an Okulu (1997), Taşköprülü Alimler
(2002), Düzceli Âlim Yusuf Ziyaeddin
Ersal - Hayatı ve Eserleri (2005), Hat Sanatı ve Tosyalı Hattatlar
(2005).
RESEARCH:
Zeki İsa Kayacan / Taşköprülü Alimler (7 Mart gazetesi, Borçka, 23.12.2002,
Anayurt gazetesi, 24.8.2002), Mustafa Bektaşoğlu’nun Geleneksel Türk Sanatları
Sergisi (Diyanet, March 1991), Nail Tan-Özdemir Tan/ Gurur Kaynağımız
Kastamonulular II (2004), Mustafa Bektaşoğlu / Hat Sanatı ve Tosyalı Hattatlar
(2005), İhsan Işık (TEKAA, 2009).
