Playwright (b. Ankara, 1930 – d. 28 September
2013, Ankara). He graduated from Ankara Atatürk Lisesi and Ankara University,
Faculty of Law. After working as a teacher for a while, he went to Germany and
studied at Köln Institute of Theatre Studies for s year (1955-56). He worked at
Ankara State Theatre and Press Studies Institute. He became the vice Press
Ambassador of Bonn (1960-62) and later, worked at the Turkish Radio Television
Corporation. He served as the general director at the State Theatre, as a
lecturer at Ege University, Faculty of Fine Arts (1979) and as the general
director of State Theatres (1982-86).
After his first
play “Masum Katiller” (Innocent
Murderers) was staged and praised at the State Theatre (1951), he gave up his
short story studies and paid all his efforts for plays. He was selected the
best playwright of 1968 by Ankara Art Devotees Association with his play Sarıpınar 1914 (The Yellow Fountain
1914) which was written with the inspiration of Reşat Nuri Güntekin’s novel Değirmen (The Mill). He won the first
rank award at Turkey İş Bank Theatre Play Competition in 1979 with his work Fehim Paşa Konağı (The Mansion of Fehim
Paşa). He won the 1983 İsmet Küntay Award with his work Resimli Osmanlı Tarihi (The History of Ottoman Empire with
Illustrations) and the second rank in 1984 Enka Art Award with his work Bir Şehnaz Oyun (A Şehnaz Play).
WORKS:
PLAY (with the
chronicle order of performance): Masum
Katiller (Innocent Murderers 1946), Pembe
Evin Kaderi (The Fate of the Pink House, 1951), Duvarların Ötesi (Beyond the Walls, 1953, published in 1965), Güneşte On Kişi (10 People on the Sun,
published, 1955), Tufan (The Deluge,
1957), Kanaviçe (The Canvas, 1960), Ocak (The Guild, 1962; published, 1963;
staged on TV, 1989), Paramparça
(Smashed into Bits, 1963), Bulvar
(Boulevard, 1964), Ulusal Kolej Disiplin
Kurulu (The Board of Discipline of National College, 1966), Komşularımız (Our Neighbors, 1967), Sarıpınar 1914 (The Blue Fountain 1914,
1968), Babamla Birlikte (Together
with my Father, 1971), Fehim Paşa Konağı (The
Masion of Fehim Paşa, 1980), Resimli
Osmanlı Tarihi (The History of Ottoman Empire with Illustrations, 1983), Bir Şehnaz Oyun (A Şehnaz Play ,1984), Masal Var Masalcı Var (There are Tales
and the Tale Narrators, 1981), Ah Şu
Gençler (Oh These Young People, 1983), Töre
(The Customs, 1986), Deliler (The
Mads, 1987), Ben Mimar Sinan (I am
Mimar Sinan, 1988).
NOVEL: Korkma İnsancık Korkma (Don’t Be Afraid the Human Being, Don’t,
1993).
RESEARCH: Dr. Rıza Nur Dosyası (The File of Doctor Rıza Nur, 1995), Vahdettin-Mustafa Kemal ve Millî Mücadele (Vahdettin-Mustafa Kemal and the National Struggle, 1997).
