Story
writer and researcher (b. 1956, Bürtlüce village / Kula / Manisa). He graduated
from Manisa High School (1974) and İstanbul University, the Faculty of Letters,
Department of Turkish Language and Literature in 1978. His master’s thesis was
on “Yahya Kemal ve Millî Mücadele Basını”
(Yahya Kemal and Press of National Struggle - 1982) his PhD thesis “Mütâreke ve
Millî Mücadele Dönemi Edebiyat Dergilerinde Edebî Tenkit” (Literary Critic in the Literary Magazines of the
Armistice and National Struggle Period – 2000). He worked as a civil servant at
Sümerbank (1977-85), manager at private corporations (1985-90) and as a teacher
(1990-93). He is still a member of Turkish Religious Foundation Islamic
Encyclopedia, Central Science and Redaction Committee and working as an
academician at Sakarya University.
He started his literary career with his poetry that
was published in the newspaper Hür Işık (Manisa)
in 1973. His work including mainly essays and critics was published in the
reviews Mavera (1980-86),
Yönelişler (1990), Yedi İklim (1987), İzlenim (1993), Matbuat (1993),
İlmî Araştırmalar (1996), Kaşgar (1998),
Kayıtlar and Kitap-lık. He undertook the editorship of the review Mavera for a time (1985-86). He was one
of the founders of the review Yedi İklim
with his three friends in February 1987. He won the Writers Union of Turkey
Critic Award with his work Bir Duyarlığın
Çağdaş Biçimleri (Modern Forms of Sensitivity) in 1985. As well as his
writing work, he continued his scientific researches. He published his
scientific researches in the scientific reviews such as İlmî
Araştırmalar, Türk Dili ve Edebiyatı Dergisi and Journal of Turkish Studies /
Türklük Bilgisi Araştırmaları. He wrote nearly thirty articles on his field
for the Turkish Religious Foundation, Islamic Encyclopedia and was editor of
many articles in this encyclopedia.
WORKS:
ESSAY-RESEARCH: Bir
Duyarlığın Çağdaş Biçimleri (Modern Forms of A Sensitivity, 1985), Okumaya Giriş (Introduction to the
Reading, 1988), Çalışan Saat (Working
Clock, 1989), Toprağı İşleyen Kalem (The
Pen that Embroiders the Soil, 1997), Edebiyatın
Saklı Dili (The Secret Language of the Literature, 2000), Cahit Zarifoğlu-Yürek Safında Bir Şair (Cahit Zarifoğlu – A Poet On the
Side of Heart, 2003), Üsküdar Zaman
Aynasında / Türk Edebiyatında Üsküdar (Üsküdar At the Mirror of Time /
Üsküdar In Turkish Literature, 2003).
MONOGRAPHY:
Yahya Kemal Beyatlı (Yahya Kemal
Beyatlı, 1998), Şinasi (Şinasi,
2001).
STORY:
Kayıp Hikâyeci (The Lost Storywriter,
2000).
