Journalist
and writer (b. 20 September, 1943, Ece village / Tefenni / Burdur). He also
used the pseudonyms Kaya Burdurlugil, Mehmet İ. Kayaoğulları. He attended
primary school in his village and, secondary school in Tefenni. He completed
High School in Ankara. He was graduated from Anadolu University Department of
Public Relations. Beginning from 1961,
He worked in Ankara Turist Hotel (1961-63), Educational Hospital
(1964-67), Tercüman, Zafer, Adalet,
Tasvir (1973), Yeni Tanin, Bugün,
Orta Doğu, Başkent, Ankara Ticaret, Türk Haber, Anadolu’nun Sesi (1990, as
a chief editor ) Newspapers and Organization for Finding Work and Workers
(1970-79) in the Department of Press. He worked as a counselor in Turkish radio
Television Association and Ministry of Forestry, (1979-82), and
Press-Publications Information Directorate (1982-93). In 1976 he went to
Germany to do researches.
His
fist poem (Çalacağım-I Am Going to
Steal) were published in
Burdur’un Sesi (1958), and his first prose were published (Yazı Yazmak Nasıl Şey?-What Is It Like to Write?), in
Bartın newspaper (24 January 1961). Soon, lots of his works were
published in reviews and newspapers. He won lots of awards such as Turkish
Folklore Service Award from various Foundations. He has been the member of
Ankara journalist’s Association and the Professional Association of Scientific and Literary Work Owners of
Turkey. He published 100 works. He published Ece Art and Culture Review
(1966). He has had yellow press card. His name was given to a street in
Burdur and Road in Tefenni. He has given the title of Semi-Doctorate by the
Azerbaijan University.
WORKS:
POETRY:
Macarios’a Açık Mektuplar (Open
Letters to Macarios 1961; expanded 2nd edition, 1966), Dönemeç (The Turn-by, 1962), Tutam Tutam (Piece by Piece, 1963), Çehre-Atatürk Şiirleri (Atatürk Poems,
1964), Ayaz Ayaz (1964), Onsekiz Yaş (Age Eighteen, 1964), Lekeli Önlük (The Stained Uniform,
1965), Bazıları (Some People, 1966), Yüz Karası (The Opprobrium, 1966), Hatır İçin (Poem and Letter, 1966), Der Gibisin (You Are Likely to Say,
1966), Vatanım ve Ondan Başka (My
Country and the Other than Her, 1966), Sonbahar
Yaprakları (The Leaves of Autumn, 1966), Kim Anlar? (Who Understands? 1967), Kennedy’e Sesleniş (Call to Kennedy, 1967), Tel Örgüler (The Wires, 1968), Mıknatıs
Gözlüm (My Magnet-eyed, 1968), Özlemler
(The Missing, 1970), Kırık Çanta (The
Broken Bag, 1973), Kapalı Sandık (The
Closed Chest, 1973), Oldum Olası (Ever
Since I Was Born, 1973), Zam Fabrikaları
Anonim Şirketi (The Raise Factory Corporation poems and Anecdotes, 1975), Güçlüsün Bir Yaşamboyu, Gününe Göre (You’re
Strong For a Life Time, 1976), Falan -
Filan (This and That, 1976), Düdük
Makarnası (The Spaghetti, 1976), Varım
Halâ (I Still Exist, 1976).
NOVEL:
Ayrılık Acıları (The Pain of
Separation) Kaçanlar (The Fugitives,
1966), Kader Surları (The Walls of
Destiny, 1973), Cehennem Merdivenleri (The
Stairway to the Hell, 1976), Anafor
Abidin (Anaphor Abidin, 1976), İki
Yüzlü Kahpe (Hypocrite Slut, 1976), Beyaz
Perdeli Balkon (Balcony with White Curtains, 1976), Hepsi Bayrak İçin (All is For the Flag, 1976).
RADIO
PLAY: Köyden-Şehirden (From the
Village, from the City, 1966), Kandırılanlar
- Alamanya Yolcuları (Those Deceived-Travelers to Germany, 1975).
MEMORY-INTERVIEW-INVESTIGATION: Atatürk’ün Emrinde Kırksekiz Ay (48 months under the Orders of
Atatürk, 1966), 17. Kıbrıs Semalarında
Cengiz Topeli’min Yumruğu (The Fist of Cengiz Topel on the Cyprus Sky,
1966), Askerlik Günlerim (My Military
Service Days, 1967), Radyo ve Televizyon
Yayınları İçin Ne Diyorlar? (What Do They Say About Radio and Television
Programs, 1976), Sayfa ve Sütunlarda
Kırkbeş Yıl (45 years in Pages and Columns, 2001), İşte Hayatım (That’s My Life, 2004).
SCENERIO:
Topraksızlar (Without a Land, 1967).
SHORT-STORY:
Silintiler (The Erasures, 1968), İrezillik Birikintileri (The
Acculmulation of Shames, 1971), Anasını
Sattıklarım (The Damned, 1976), Yalancının
Mumu (Candle of the Liar, 1976).
ANTHOLOGY: Ece
Şairler Toplaşması (Ece Gathering of Poets, 1969), Temcit Pilavı (Ready-Steady Rice, 1976), Orman Şiirleri (Forest Poems, 1980), Makale ve Şiirlerle Çeşitleme (The Selections of Essays and
Articles, 1983).
ESSAY:
Nodullar (Nodules, 1973), Bizim Eceliler (Our Eceli’s, 1976), Tanıdığım Ozanlar Arasından (Among the
Poets I Know, 1976), Anadolu ve Trakya
Basını İçin Düşündüklerim (My Ideas on Anatolian and Thracian Press, 1977),
Merhaba Dediğim Ozanlar Arasından (Among
the Poets that I Welcomed, 1979), Armağan-3
(Gift 3, with Ahmet Tufan Şentürk, 2004).
FAIRY-TALE: Kayacan
Amca Anlatıyor (Uncle Kayacan is Telling, 1976).
STUDY-RESEARCH: Türk
Basınının Kısa Tarihçesi-Basın ve Halkla İlişkiler (A Brief History of Turkish Press and Public
Relations, 1976), Gazete ve
Dergilerimizde Atatürk (Atatürk in our reviews and Newspapers, 1980), Anadolu ve Trakya Basınında Atatürk (Ataturk
in the Anatolian, Thracian Press, 1980), Atatürk
ve Laiklik (Atatürk and Secularism, 1986), Anadolu Basınında Sanat ve Edebiyat (Art and Literature in the
Anatolian Press, Selections from 83 newspapers, 1987), Artvinli Âşık Gülhani ve Şiirleri (Poems of Artvinli Âşık Gilhani,
1988), Küçülen Ekmeğin Büyüyen İsrafı (The
Big Extravagance of the Shortened Bread, 1988), Ölümünün Yüzüncü Yılında Namık Kemal (Namık Kemal on the 100th
Anniversary of His Death, 1988), Burdur
Hatırlamaları (Burdur Memories, 1989), Örnek
İşçi Anıları (The Memories of Good Workers, 1989), Orta Asya Türk Cumhuriyetleri (Middle Asia Turkish Republics,
1993), Dünya’da ve Türkiye’de Gazetecilik
1-Basınımızın Anadolu Cephesi (Journalism in the World and the Turkey, the
Anatolian Side of Our Press, 1996), Özümüz,
Sözümüz, Gözümüz, Azerbaycan, Azerbaycan, Can Azerbaycan (2003).
TRAVEL
LITERATURE: Almanya Kapısı Kapanmadan
Gidenler (1977).
BIOGRAPHY: Türk
Yayınevreninden Kimlikler (The identities from Turkish Publication Houses,
167 poet and writer, 1976), Artvin’li
Fuat Altun’un Sessiz Köyü-Fuat Altun’un Şiirleri (Fırat Altun Poems, 1994),
Türk Basınında Unutamadıklarımız (The
Unforgettable in the Turkish Press, 1997).
