Poet (b. 1948, Somay village / Çatalzeyin /
Kastamonu). He attended primary school in his village and elementary and high
school in Karabük. He chose printing and journalism as his profession. He
printed the review Karabük for 2 years (1970-71) and was editor of the
art review Pota and started to produce the newspaper Çatalzeytin with E. Türkay Öztürk.
His poems have been published in reviews such
as Varlık, Akbaba, Genç Kalemler, Türk Dili, Mad,
Hisar, Ajans Türk, Yelken, Güney, Millî Kültür, Yazko Edebiyat, Şiir
Defteri, Antoloji, Yusufçuk, Milliyet Çocuk, Dönemeç and Oluşum and in
newspapers such as Cumhuriyet, Hürriyet and Milliyet.
He wrote about environment protection and
social corruption in his humorous poems. He came first in a competition held by
the newspaper Hürriyet with Güleriz Ağlanacak Halimize (We Smile
Whereas We Had to Cry) in 1971 and in 2000 he was selected as the West Black
Sea Artist of the Year. He has also won awards in photography and athletics. He
has written various columns in newspapers such as Cumhuriyet, Milliyet and
Hürriyet. He is still writing for his column “Taş Gibi”(Like A
Stone) in the newspaper Gözcü.
WORKS (Poetry):
Bunaltı Durağı (Depression Stop, 1967), Kömürden
Adam (Man of the Charcoal, 1969), Çatalzeytin (Forked Olive, 1999), Uygunsuz
İşler Uygun Adım (Inappropriate Works, Appropriate Step, 2001), Depremsyon
(“Earthquaktion”, 2001), Nerede İnsan ÇEVRE Perişan (Where Humans are, the
ENVIRONMENT is Ruined, 2005).
