Researcher-writer. He was born in Hani / Diyarbakir in 1958. He has
completed his primary school education in Hani, secondary school in Diyarbakir
and high school in Elazig. He has completed his higher education in Ankara. He
worked at Töre journal about culture,
arts and literature. He worked as the Executive Editor of Kon [Çadır] journal in 1979 and as the editor of Kon Publishers. He
has also worked in Ministry of National Education and in Prime Ministry.
He is known with his research and studies on the history, art,
culture, folklore, ethnology, beliefs, tribes, traditions and customs, local
languages and dialects of Eastern and South Eastern Anatolia. His works were
used as a reference in many national and international sources.
His articles were published in several journals and newspapers such
as Türkiye, Ortadoğu, Millet, Hergün,
Birliğe Çağrı, Kon, Türk Kültürü, Türk Dünyası Araştırmaları, Millî Folklor, Erciyes,
Bizim Ocak, Tanıtım, Kardaş Edebiyatlar, Nurhak, Bingöl, Piya, Raştiye, Zaza
Press, Çıme etc (some of them with pseudonyms). He continues his research
on his areas of interest, and he is a member of Turkish Occupational Union of
Owners of Scientific and Literary Works (ILESAM).
WORKS:
Kürt ve Zaza Türkleri’nin Folklorunda Su Menşeli Atlar (1983), İki Türk Boyu Zaza ve Kurmanclar (1984),
Göktürk-Uygur-Zaza-Kurmanc Lehçeleri
Üzerine Bir Araştırma (1984), Kürt
Türkleri ve Fanatik Ermeni Faaliyetleri (1984), Millet ve Millî Birlik Bilinci (with Şükrü Kaya Seferoğlu, 1985), Doğu Anadolu Aşiretleri (1985), Nevruz (1985), Aşiretlerimizde At Kültürü (1986), Yezidilik İnancı (1987), Zaza
Gerçeği (as H.Şelıc name, 1988), Doğu
Anadolu’nun Etnik Yapısı ve Zazalar (as H.Şelıc name, 1991).
REFERENCE: Şevket Beysanoğlu, Diyarbakırlı
Fikir ve Sanat Adamları, vol. 3 (1997) - Kültürümüzde Diyarbakır (1992); 2000’e
Beş Kala Diyarbakır (Diyarbakır Valiliği, 1995), İhsan Işık / Diyarbakır Ansiklopedisi (2013).
