Writer and translator (b.
1947, Erzurum). He graduated from Ankara University, Faculty of Communication,
Department of Russian Philology. He worked in Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in
Vienna Embassy and in the consulate generals of Bregenz (Austria), Stuttgart
(Germany) and Mostar (Bosnia-Herzegovina).
He
published his research papers in the reviews Türk Kültürü ve Tarih Mecmuası, Tarih ve Medeniyet and in the
newspapers Tercüman, Milliyet, Hürriyet,
Türkiye and Sabah. He did
translations from Russian. He received the first rank in 1993 Örsan Öymen
Literature Competition and the Association of European Journalists 1993
Research Award. His research Avrupa’da
Türk İzleri (Traces of Turks in Europe) was broadcasted as a documentary
series of
WORKS (Research):
Avrupa’da Türk İzleri (Traces
of Turks in Europe, 2 volumes, 2001), Viyana’da
İzlerimiz (Our Traces in Vienna), Azeri
Türklerinin Halk Hikâyeleri (The Folk Stories of Azerbaijan Turks).