Mustafa Necati Sepetçioğlu

Writer (b. 1932, Zile / Tokat – d. 8 Temmuz 2006, İstanbul). After he attended primary and junior high school in Zile (1947), he graduated from Haydarpaşa High School (1950) and Istanbul University, Faculty of Literature, Department of Turkish Language and Literature (1956). He worked as an officer at the İstanbul Municipality, as manager of publications at the Turkish Red Crescent Society (1962), as the chief in the İstanbul Social Security Foundation Law Directorate, in the National Education Printing House (1968) and as a publication compilation manager (1974).

His first stories were published in the Hakikat newspaper, which was printed in Sivas (1948). Later, his stories appeared reviews such as İstanbul, Yol, Türk Yurdu, Türk Dili (1955-59), Türk Edebiyatı. His novel, Çağlayanlı Vadi (The Valley with a Waterfall) was serialized in Vatan newspaper (1966-71). He wrote in a collaborative work know as the “River Novel”, in which Turkish history was the subject, starting from the Malazgirt victory (1071), until the interval of the sultanate rule during the Ottoman Period; in his other novels, modern Turkey’s changes in society and its consequences are discussed. His play with the title Trampacılar (Traders) was staged at the İstanbul Municipal City Theater (March, 1968). His most successful work in play writing, Büyük Otmarlar (The Great Otmars) was first put on the stage by the İstanbul University Student Council Youth Theater (1967), and afterwards was selected as the best play at the European Intercollegiate Theater Festival (1968). He won the Ministry of National Education Award with his play Çardaklı Bakıcı (Caretaker from the Arbor); in 1980 with his books Gece Vaktinde Gün Dönümü (Solstice at Night Time) and Karanlıkta Mum Işığı (Candle Light in the Dark), in 1981 with his book Can Ocağında Pişen Aş (Food that is Cooked in the Oven of Life) he won the Turkish National Culture Foundation Culture Award; and in 1980, he won the Novelist of the Year Award given by the Writers Union of Turkey with his work named Ve Çanakkale 3 / Döndüler (And Çanakkale 3 / They Returned). In 1994, he was given the Superior Service Certificate of the Professional Association of Scientific and Literary Work Owners of Turkey. In 1998, he was elected to the Atatürk Language and History Association Membership of Honor.

WORKS:

SHORT STORY: Abdurrezzak Efendi (Lord Abdurrezzak, 1956), Menevşeler Ölmemeli (Violets Should not Die, 1972), Bir Büyülü Dünya Ki (Such a Magical World, 1972).

NOVEL: Kilit (Lock, 1971), Anahtar (Key, 1973), Kapı (Door, 1973), Konak (Mansion, 1974), Çatı (Roof, 1974), Üçler-Yediler-Kırklar (Threes-Sevens-Forties, 1975), Bu Atlı Geçide Gider (This Horseman Goes to the Gate, 1977), Karanlıkta Mum Işığı (Candle Light in the Dark, 1978), Darağacı (The Gallows, 1979), Ebem Kuşağı (Rainbow, 1980), Sabır (Patience, 1980), Gecevaktinde Gündönümü-İstanbul’un Fethi (Solstice at Night Time-Conquest of İstanbul, 1980), Cevahir ile Sadık Çavuş’un Buğday Kamyonu (The Wheat Truck of Cevahir and Sergeant Sadık, 1980), Geçitteki Ülke (Country at the Gate, 1980), Ve Çanakkale I / Geldiler (And Çanakkale I. / They Came, 1989), Ve Çanakkale II / Gördüler (And Çanakkale II. / They Saw, 1989), Ve Çanakkale III / Döndüler (And Çanakkale III. / They Returned, 1989), Kutsal Mahpus (Sacred Prisoner, 1990), Sabır Ağacı (Patience Tree, 1992), Benim Adım Yunus Emre (My Name is Yunus Emre, 1994).

EPIC POETRY: Yaratılış ve Türeyiş (Genesis and Derivation, 1965), Dedem Korkut’un Kitabı (The Book of Dedem Korkut, 1990), Sonsuza Uyanan Taşlar (The Stones that Wake Up to Eternity, 1973).

PLAY: Büyük Otmarlar (The Great Otmars, staged in 1967, published in 1970), Trampacılar (Traders, staged in 1968), Çardaklı Bakıcı (The Caretaker from the Arbor, 1969), Köprü (Bridge, 1969), Son Bloklar (The Last Blocks, 1969), Her Bizans’a Bir Fatih (A Conqueror to Each Byzantine, 1972), Mehveş Hanım (Lady Mehveş, 1984), Maragalı Abdulkadir (Maragalı Abdulkadir, 1986), Yunus Emre (Yunus Emre, 1995).

RESEARCH: Türk Destanları (Turkish Epic Poems, 1986).

OTHER WORKS: Can Ocağında Pişen Aş (Food that is Cooked in the Oven of Life, 1981).

REFERENCE: Atilla Özkırımlı / Türk Edebiyatı Ansiklopedisi (1982), Seyit Kemal Karaalioğlu / Resimli Türk Edebiyatçılar Sözlüğü (1982), Yurt Ansiklopedisi (C. 10, 1984), Söyleşi (Türk Edebiyatı, Sayı: 155, Eylül 1986), İhsan Işık / Yazarlar Sözlüğü (1990, 1998) - Türkiye Yazarlar Ansiklopedisi (2001, 2004) – Encyclopedia Of Turkish Authors (2005) - Resimli Ve Metin Örnekli Türkiye Edebiyatçılar Ve Kültür Adamları Ansiklopedisi (2006, Gen. 2. Bas. 2007) - Ünlü Edebiyatçılar (Türkiye Ünlüleri Ansiklopedisi, C. 4, 2013) - Encyclopedia Of Turkey’s Famous People (2013), Behçet Necatigil / Edebiyatımızda İsimler Sözlüğü (18. Bas. 1999), TBE Ansiklopedisi (2001), Ahmet Kabaklı / Türk Edebiyatı (C. 5, 11. Bas. 2002, S. 488-490), Murat Belge / Sepetçioğlu’nun “Kuruluş” Pentalojisi (Kitap-Lık, Eylül 2004 Ve Kitap-Lık, Ekim 2004).