Literature researcher (b.
1326 [1910], Terbicik köyü / Erzurum
– d. 23 Ocak 2005, İstanbul). He completed primary school in Yıldızeli. He
learned Arabic and Persian during his childhood. He was graduated from Kuleli Military
High School in 1929, Military School
in 1931. Then, with the permission of Ministry of Defense, he attended to exam
in Istanbul University and received the certificate
of teacher. In 1935, he completed his internship next to Tâhirü’l-Mevlevî (Tahir Olgun) in Kuleli Military
High School and began to
work as a teacher. He worked in various military schools, civil colleges and
high schools as Turkish and literature teacher until his retirement in 1965. He
received Turkey Writers Union’s Outstanding Service Award in 2001 with his
translations from Mevlana and studies about Mevlevi dervishes.
WORKS:
Mevlana, Hayatı-Şahsiyeti-Fikirleri (1995), Konularına Göre Açıklamalı Mesnevi Tercümesi
(1999), Divan-ı Kebir - Seçmeler (4 vol., 2000), Cevahir-i Mesneviye
(2 vol., 2001).
REFERENCE: İhsan Işık /
Resimli ve Metin Örnekli Türkiye Edebiyatçılar ve Kültür Adamları Ansiklopedisi
(2007, 2009), H. Nur Artıran / Sertarik, Mesnevihan” (semazen.net, 16.03.2016).
