Researcher
and writer (b. 20 February 1962, Elazığ). He attended primary and secondary school in
Balıkesir and high school in Ankara. He graduated from the Anatolian
University, Faculty of Management and Baku State University, Department of International
Relations where he completed his master’s and PhD theses (1997-2001). For many
years, he worked as a journalist in various press agencies, foreign news
agencies, as the Presidential correspondent, as the Azerbaijan representative
for a private TV channel and served as a the Baku correspondent for the Turkish
Radio and Television Corporation (1986-1997). After returning to Turkey, he
worked as a correspondent responsible for Middle Asia News in the department of
Foreign Broadcasting at the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation, as a
press advisor to the Presidency of the Turkish Solidarity and Development
Administration and beginning in 2004 he served as the Albanian Representative
of the Presidency of the Turkish Solidarity and Development Administration.
His articles have
been published in Bilge, Yüce Erek, Yeni
Avrasya, Forum, Stratejik Araştırmalar Dosyası, Yeni Avrasya reviews
starting in
WORKS:
RESEARCH-STUDY: 20.Yüzyıl Sonunda Azerbaycan-Türkiye
Münasebetleri /1993-1998 (The
Relationship Between Azerbaijan
and Turkey at the end of 20th Century /1993-1998,
1999), Küreselleşme Çağında Türkiye - Azerbaycan (Turkey
and Azerbeycan in Globalization, 2003).
EDITION: Türkistan’ın Piri Hoca Ahmet Yesevi (The Spiritual Guide to Turkistan, Hodja Ahmet Yesevi, 2000), Ortadoğu’dan Esintiler (The Breezes from the Middle East, 2003).
REFERENCE: Alev Kâhya-Birgül / Yirminci Yüzyıl Sonunda Azerbaycan ve Türkiye Münasebetleri (Bilge dergisi, Bahar 2000), İhsan Işık / Resimli ve Metin Örnekli Türkiye Edebiyatçılar ve Kültür Adamları Ansiklopedisi (2007, 2009).