Researcher
and writer (b. 9 September 1958, İspir / Erzurum). He attended the İspir High
School (1980), and graduated from Istanbul University, School of Foreign
Languages and from Marmara University, Atatürk Faculty of Education, Department
of Teaching French (1987). He worked as a worker and seller on the streets.
After
1990, he focused on writing. His works were published mostly in the newspaper Cumhuriyet
and in the review Berfin Bahar, as well as in Yarın, Yazın, Özgürlük,
İks, Devrimci Gençlik, Sosyal Demokrat, Türk Solu, Eski, Dünyada Türk Haber.
His book İbo / İbrahim Kaypakkaya (İbo / İbrahim Kaypakkaya) was
confiscated and he was sued. He is a member of Writers Syndicate of Turkey, the
Foundation of 68’s, PEN Association of Writers and the Turkish Authors
Association.
WORKS:
Deniz-Bir
İsyancının İzleri (Sea – Marks of a Rebel, 1991),
Türkiye'de Devrimci Gençlik Hareketleri Tarihi - Cilt: 1 (History
Revolutionary Youth Movement in Turkey - Volume 1, 1993), Mahir/ On'ların
Öyküsü (Mahir / Story of Ten, 1996), İbo / İbrahim Kaypakkaya (İbo /
İbrahim Kaypakkaya, 2000), Sinan-Nurhak Dağlarından Sonsuzluğa (Sinan -
From Nurhak Mountains to Eternity, 2000), Fırtınalı Yıllarda Ülkücü Hareket,
Fikir Kulüpleri Federasyonu-Demokrasi Mücadelesinde Sosyalist Bir Öğrenci
Hareketi (Nationalist Movement, Federation of Idea Clubs during Chaotic
Years – A Socialist Students Movement in the Struggle for Democracy, 2002), Yılmaz
Güney / Bir Çirkin Kral (Yılmaz
Güney / An Ugly King, 2003).
