Poet and translator (b. 29 January
1949, Erzurum). He attended primary and secondary schools in Erzurum and
graduated from Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Chemistry (1973). He
worked at the Ankara Sugar Works for a short time. Later on, he was in business
in İstanbul. He also served as the Director of the Foreign Broadcasting
Department at TV Channel 7 His first poem appeared in the review Diriliş in 1968. He gained fame with his
poems published in the reviews Diriliş,
Kriter, Yönelişler, Kelime, Yedi İklim, Kayıtlar, Kaşgar, Le Poète Travaille and
Hece. He received the translation award of the Writers Union of Turkey in
1988 with the translation of the poem Siyah
Deri Beyaz Maske (Black Leather, White Mask) by Frantz Fanon. He compiled
some of his poems in a volume with the title İlk Atlas (First Atlas, 1990). In addition, he has translated many
works.
