Journalist and writer (b. 1921,
Bandırma / Balıkesir). He has used the pen name Pençe (Paw). He completed primary and secondary school in İzmir and
graduated from Kabataş High School (1940). He started in business without
completing his higher education at İstanbul University, Faculty of Medicine
(1944).
He worked as an anecdote writer in the newspapers Tasvir (1945), Milliyet, Yeni İstanbul, Ulus, Dünya (1952-75),
Son Havadis (1976), Hürriyet (1980)
and Tercüman. For a period he was the
owner and editorial writer of the newspaper Dünya,
which he established with Falih Rıfkı Atay (1952). Bedii Faik, who was
arrested for a while because of his critical writings about the government of
the Democrat Party in the 1950s, later on was one of the writers who supported
the Justice Party in opposition to the Republican People’s Party
WORKS:
ANECTODE: Efendime Söyliyeyim (By the Way, 1953), Rüzgâr Eken (Planting Wind, 1969)
TRAVEL LITERATURE: Sam
Amcanın Evinde (In the
House of Uncle Sam, travel notes from America, 1954), Bir Garip Ada (A Strange Island, travel notes from England, 1958), Rusya'dan (From Russia, travel notes
from Russia, 1968), Akıl Cumhuriyeti
İsrail (Israel, Republic of Reason)
NOVEL: Yabancı (The Stranger, 1954), Pablo'nun
Gülüşü (The Smile of Pablo, 1972).
MEMOIR: O Biçim (That Way, memoirs from jail, 1958), Matbuat Basın Derken... Medya (While Trying to Print
Newspapers…Media, 3 volumes, 2002).
INTERVIEW: İhtilalciler Arasında Bir Gazeteci (A Journalist Among the
Revolutionists, 1967).
OTHER WORKS: Yalancı (Liar), Hitler
Anlatıyor (Hitler Explains).
