Political scientist, translator. He was born in
Ankara in 1940. He completed his higher education in Robert College (1965). He
took a part in student movements in 1960s. He worked as lecturer in Ankara
University Language and Geography Faculty Contemporary Greek Literature
Department. In the same years he completed his PhD. in political sciences in
Ankara University Political Sciences Faculty. He was a member of Turkey Labour
Party (TLP). He translated works of poets such as Ritsos, Seferis, Elitris etc.
from Greek to Turkish. He handled identity and “other” concepts which were
concerned Greece and Turkey, in his book titled Yunan
Edebiyatında Türk İmajı. He moved to Athens in 1971. His books and articles about Turk-Greek
relations and mutual perceptions were published in Turkish, Greek and English
in various countries.
WORKS:
RESEARCH: Yunan Ulusunun Doğuşu (1994),
Ayvalık ve Venesiz - Yunan Edebiyatında Türk İmajı (1998), Daha İyi Türk
Yunan İlişkileri İçin Yap - Yapma Kılavuzu (2002), Geçmişten Bugüne
Yunanlılar Dil, Din ve Kimlikleri, Çağdaş Yunan Edebiyatı (2005), Türk
ve Yunan Romanlarında “Öteki” ve “Kimlik” (2005).
COMPILATION: Göç / Rumlar´ın Anadolu´dan Mecburi
Ayrılışı (1919-23).
TRANSLATION: Yunanistan ve ‘Doğudan Gelen Tehlike’
Türkiye, Yunanistan’da Türk Kahvesi, Bütün Şiirleri/Konstantinos Kavafis
(1998), İsmail Ferik Paşa’nın Hayatı (from Rea Galanaki, 1999).
REFERENCE: Kerem Ünüvar
/ Taçlandırılan Bilinç; Ama Neyi Feda Ederek? (Virgül, May 1998), Ayvalık ve
Venezis / Yunan Edebiyatında Türk İmajı (Virgül, September 1998), Vitrindekiler
(Cumhuriyet Kitap, 23.7.1998 - 15.10.1998 - 10.6.1999), Türk Romanı ve Öteki (Virgül,
September 2000), Mehmet Ali Gökaçtı / İronik Ama Gerçekçi (Radikal Kitap,
27.6.2002), Kerem Öncül / Daha İyi Türk Yunan İlişkileri İçin Yap Yapma
Kılavuzu (Virgül, July-August 2002), Can Bahadır Yüce / Ege’nin Karşı Yakasına
Edebiyat Köprüsü (Zaman, 12.6.2005), İhsan
Işık / Resimli ve Metin Örnekli Türkiye Edebiyatçılar ve Kültür Adamları
Ansiklopedisi (2. edition, 2009).
