Taha Toros

Araştırmacı, Yazar, Şair

Ölüm
26 Ocak, 2012
Eğitim
Istanbul University Faculty of Law
Diğer İsimler
Ömer Taha Toros, Taha Ay
    Poet and writer (b 1912, Tarsus / İçel). His full name is Ömer Taha Toros. He used to signature of Taha Ay too. He is little son of Küçükzade who was one of the mufti of Tarsus. He graduated from Adana High School (1930) and İstanbul University, Faculty of Law (1933). He worked as a teacher of literature at İstanbul Rum High School for a while (1936-40), as an inspector of tax revenue at Beyoğlu, as a secretary-general at Ankara Association of Manufacturers and Ministry of Trade, as a inspector and then he retired in 1975. He helped to studies of Turkish Language Foundation and Public Houses in addition to his official works.

Before his folklore and history studies, his poems and writing works were published in Türk Sözü, Yeni Adana, Hayat, and then his research and study writing works were published in Millet, Hayat Tarih, Cumhuriyet, Milliyet, Tarih ve Toplum, Antica (1960-88) reviews and dailies. He became famous with his studies about literature, political history, and folklore and he gave important help to our cultural life.

WORKS:

POEM: Toros Demetleri (Bunch of Toros, 1929), İki Ses Geliyor (Two Sound Come, İlhami F., 1931), Seyhan Efsanesi (Legend of Seyhan poem fairy-tale, 1934).

ANTHOLOGY: Türk Kadın Şairler (Turkish Woman Poets, 1934)

PLAY: Kaçkaç (What is the Score? , 1946)

BIOGRAPHY: Dadaloğlu (Dadaloğlu Life, Art, Poems, 1939), Türk Hatipleri (Turkish Orator, 1949), Fikret Mualla (Fikret Mualla, 1986), İlk Kadın Ressamlarımız (Our First Woman Artist, Turkish - English, 1988), Türk Edebiyatından Altı Renkli Portre (Six Colored Portrait in Turkish Literature, 1998), O Güzel İnsanlar (That Beautiful People, 2000).

RESEARCH-STUDY: 5 Kanûn-ı Sâni (5 January, Liberty of Çukurova, 1933; new press with the name of Çukurova in the Liberation War, 2001), Tahtacı Oymakları (Tribe of Tahtacı, 1938), Köy İktisadiyatı (Village Economy, 1938), Cumhuriyet'in 15. Yılında Seyhan (Seyhan in 15th Year of Republic, 1938), Atatürk'ün Adana Seyahatleri (Adana Trips of Atatürk, 1939, 1981), Şair Ziya Paşa'nın Adana Valiliği (Governorship Period of Poet Ziya Paşa, 1940), Adana Rehberi (Adana Guide, 1941), Millî Korunma (National Defense, 1956), Geçmişte Türkiye-Polonya İlişkileri (Relations of Turkey and Poland in History, Turkish-English, 1983), Salih Münir Paşa'nın Notlarından Din ve Ahlâk Kuralları (Region and Moral Rules from Notes of Salih Münir Paşa, 1986), İsmet Paşa'ya Dair Bazı Bilgiler ve Belgeler (Some Documents and Knowledge about İsmet Paşa, 1992), Kahvenin Öyküsü (Story of Coffee, 1998)

REFERENCE:  Alpay Kabacalı / Geçmişin Tadı Var (Cumhuriyet, 2.10.1989), İhsan Işık / Yazarlar Sözlüğü (1990, 1998) - Türkiye Yazarlar Ansiklopedisi (2001, 2004) – Encyclopedia of Turkish Authors (2005) - Resimli ve Metin Örnekli Türkiye Edebiyatçılar ve Kültür Adamları Ansiklopedisi (2006, gen. 2. bas. 2007) – Ünlü Bilim Adamları (Türkiye Ünlüleri Ansiklopedisi, C. 2, 2013) - Encyclopedia of Turkey’s Famous People (2013), Taha Toros / Mazi Cenneti 1 (1992), Tuncer Uçarol / Kültür Varlığımızın Aynası Bir Arşiv (söyleşi, Gösteri, Eylül 1992), Prof. Dr. S. Kuneralp / Yüzyılımızın Belleği - Taha Toros (Skylife, Haziran 1996), TDE Ansiklopedisi (c. VIII, 1998), G. Dirican / Bir de Taha Toros’tan Dinleyin (Gazete Pazar, 19.4.1998),  Mehmet Nuri Yardım / Dönüp Baktım Maziye (söyleşi, Türkiye, 13.6.1999), TBE Ansiklopedisi (2. bas. c. 2, 2003).

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