Mustafa Yazıcı

Poet and writer (b. 12 May 1949, Şinik village / Akçaabat / Trabzon). He attended Trabzon İmam-Hatip High School (1966) and graduated from Kayseri Advanced Islam Institute (1970). His thesis was Kur'ân-ı Kerîm'in Tefsirine Duyulan İhtiyaç (The Need for the Interpretation of Koran). He worked as teacher and principal in Gerede, Akçaabat and Trabzon (1970-95). He worked as lecturer at Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon Vocational High School of Theology (1995-99). Then, he worked in private organizations.

His first article, Hidayet İslâmdadır (Happiness is Islam), was published in 1968 in the newspaper Bugün and his first poem was published in the same year. He other works and poems were published in newspapers such as Bugün, İleri, Türkçesi, Millî Gazete, Sebil, Zaman, Hergün and in reviews such as Millî Kaynak, Ezgi, Millî Gençlik, İcmâl, İslâmî Edebiyat, Çağrı, Çınar, Birlik; (director of publishing) Yunus, Tarih and Medeniyet from 1968. He won the seventh prize in the research article competition held by the newspaper Yeni Asya on the Gulf War in 1991, the research prize of the review Yunus in 1993 and received an honorable mention from the newspaper Ortadoğu in the same year. He is member of the Black Sea Writers Society and the Professional Association of Scientific and Literary Work Owners of Turkey.

WORKS:

RESEARCH-STUDY: İçki Felaketi (Disaster of Alcohol, 1977), Yeşil Nefes (Green Breath, 1991), Akaid ve Dinler Tarihi Üzerine Yeni Tespitler (New Views on the History of Doctrines and Religions, 1993), Bilgi ve Bilgi Toplumu (Information and Information Society, 1993), Trabzon'da Folklor (Folklore in Trabzon, 1993), Trabzon Belediyesi Tarihi I-II ( History of Trabzon Municipality I-II, commission, 1993), Mehmet Akif Ersoy (Mehmet Akif Ersoy, commission, 1994), 24 Şubat Trabzon'un Kurtuluşu (February 24 the Liberation of Trabzon, commission, 1995), Muhteşem Trabzonlu Kanuni (commission, 1995), Üç Dost Kalem (Three Fellow Writers, with Murat Yüksel and İbrahim Sağlam, 1995), Osmanlı Dönemi On Meşhur Trabzon Valisi (Ten Famous Trabzon Governors of the Ottoman Period, 1995), Trabzon Evliyaları I-II (Saints of Trabzon I-II, 1995-96), Kadirga'dan Kadirgan'a Selâm (Salutation from Kadirga to Kadirga, 1996), İlmi ve Akademik Yönüyle Hitabet ve İrşad Sanatı (Art of Discourse and Enlightenment from the Perspective of its Scientific and Academic Aspects, 1997), Jargana Kahramanları (Heroes of Jargana, 1999), Trabzon Ayasofya Camii (Trabzon Haghia Sofia Mosque, 2000).

POETRY: Sayha (Sayha, 1980), Şiirlerde Karadeniz ve Trabzon (Black Sea and Trabzon in Poems, 1991), Sevgi Sevgi (Love, Love, 1991), Yaşamak Bir Defa (Living Once, 1992), Tepemde Soğuk Kor İçimde Volkan (Ember on My Peak, Volcano Inside Me, 1995), Hey Gönüldaş (Hey Fellow, 1999).

SHORT STORY: Adam Yetiştiren Adam (Man Who Grows Man, 1988), Büyüyen Gölgeler (Magnifying Shadows, 1990).

THOUGHT: Kanun Fikirler ve Kutsal Saadetler (Law Ideas and Holy Happiness, 1991).

NOVEL: Balıkların Gözyaşları (Teardrops of the Fish, 1992).

PLAY: Okumaz Yazmazlar (Illiterates, 1993).

COLLECTION: Güler misin Kızar mısın (Do You Laugh or Get Angry, paragraphs, 1991), Bir Kalbur Zaman (A Riddle of Time, Eastern Black Sea Tales, 1992).