Writer
of humour (b. 2 September 1929, Gönen / Balıkesir). He completed his education
at İzmit Art School for Boys. He worked in various factories beginning in his
childhood. He retired from the Turkey Cellulose and Paper Factories Inc. and
continued his studies in İzmit. He is a member of the Turkish Union of Writers.
His
humorous stories and articles were published firstly in the newspaper Demokrat Kocaeli and then in the reviews
Dolmuş, Akbaba, Pazar, Zübük and in
the newspaper Cumhuriyet. His novels Neler Yapmalı (What is to be Done?) and Büyük
Usturalar (Big Razors) were serialized in Cumhriyet. He won the first prize in Akşehir Nasrettin Hoca Humor
Story Contest with his story Öküzlük
Üstüne Nutuk (Speech about Dim-wittedness).
WORKS:
NOVEL: Büyük Usturalar (Big
Razors, 1978).
SHORT
STORY: Aç Ayı Oynamaz (The Hungry Bear Can’t Play, 1980), Piliç Şermin’in Evi (The House of Chicken Şermin, 1983), Şeytan Aletleri (The Tools of Satan, 1992)
OTHER
WORKS: İzmit’te Zaman (Time in İzmit, 1995), Nicomedia’nın Büyülü Yüzü İzmit (İzmit, the Magic Face of Nicomedia,
1999), O Yılları Yaşamak (Living Those Years, 2001), Balkan’dan O Zor Yıllara (From the Balkans to Those Hard Times,
2002), İzmitli Üç Yazar (Three Writers from İzmit, 2004).