Poet and storywriter (b. 1 January 1951,
Tatköy, Selçuklu,
His first poems, stories and interviews
were published in the newspaper Yeni Konya in 1968. His later works appeared in the newspapers and reviews Yeni
Konya, Yeni Meram, Somut, Varlık, Tan (Yugoslavia), Yaba, İnsancıl,
Eşik, Aykırı Sanat, Gerçek Sanat, Çağrı, Minerva and Tavır. He began to re-publish the review Çalı in
April 2003. He was a daily columnist in the newspaper Yeni Konya (1996).
He is a member of the Writers Syndicate of Turkey, the Turkish Authors
Association and the Kemalist Thought Association.
WORKS:
POETRY: Kavgadayız
Her Saat (Each Hour, We Fight, 1970), Gezgin Yürek (Traveler Heart,
1999).
SHORT STORY: Bebek
(Baby, 1981), Hayrat (Fountain, 1992), Adem’in Kaburga Kemiği (Adam’s
Rib, 1994), Yüreğimi Getirdim Armağan (I’ve Brought My Heart as a
Present, 1995), Ürkek Bir Keklik (Fearful Partridge, 1996), Dolaylı
Yılmaz Güney (Indirect Yılmaz Güney, 2002).
RESEARCH: Gelenek
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