Poet and writer (b. 12 February 1949, Acıyurt /
His first
article Orda Bir Köy Var Uzakta (There is a Village Faraway) was published
in the newspaper Hizmet in 1967 and his other works have been published
in publications such as Tohum, Yeşilay
(1970), Hergün (1978), Yeni Düşünce (1987), Millî Eğitim,
Millî Kültür, İlim ve Sanat, Türk Edebiyatı and S. Ü. Edebiyat Dergisi. He won the Writers Union of Turkey Thought Award with his work Tarih Felsefesi Açısından İslâmda Mülk ve Hilâfet (Property and the Caliphate in Relation the
Philosophy of History) in 1992 and Varlığın Mana ve Mazmunu (The Meaning
and Explanation of Existence) in 1995. He is also interested in calligraphy,
gilding and music. Some of his compositions have been added to the repertoire
of the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation.
WORKS:
POETRY: Şeydâ Divanı (Divan* of Şeyda, 1980), Rüya ve Gerçek
(The Dream and the Reality, play in verse, as an appendix to the first edition
of “The Collected Poems of Şeyda”, 1980), Hüküm Gecesi (Judgment Night,
1992), Malihulya (Melancholy, 1996).
ESSAY-RESEARCH: Patterns and Trends in History (1986), Anadolu’da
İslâm-Bizans Mücadelesi (The Fight Between Islam and Byzantium in Anatolia,
1990), Tarih Felsefesi Açısından İslâmda Mülk ve Hilâfet (Property and the Caliphate in Relation to
the Philosophy of History, 1992), Tarih Felsefesi Yazıları (Commentary
on the Philosophy of History, 1994), Varlığın Mânâ ve Mazmunu (The Meaning and Explanation of Existence,
1995), Tarih Felsefesi Meseleleri (Issues of the Philosophy of History,
1997), İnsanın Yeryüzü Macerası (The Earth Adventure of Mankind, 2003).