Poet and
author. He was born on December 18, 1933 in Niğde. He
completed Niğde Dumlupınar Primary School (1946), Niğde Secondary School (1949)
and Niğde High School (1955). Then he
graduated from Ankara University, Faculty of Law (1959). He prepared
three thesis during his university years named “Köy idare organlarının
vazife ve salahiyetleri”, “Gecekondu
hukuku” and “Hava
yollarında eşya ve insan nakli”; and he
received three certificates. He worked as an attorney (1962-2006) and also
worked as a teacher in several schools (1962-1967).
His first
poem was published in Türk Sanatı Dergisi (Istanbul, 1952) and his
first article was published in "Uluova"
newspaper (Elazig, 1953). His poems
and articles were published in journals such as “Şule,” “Niğde’nin Sesi”, “Millî Işık”, “Erciyes”, “Filiz”, “Boğaziçi”, “Millî Kültür”, “Türk Edebiyatı”, “Türk Dünyası
Tarih Dergisi”, “Yesevi”, “Türk Dili” and newspapers such as “Tercüman”, “Son Havadis”, “Kayseri
Hakimiyet”, “Bursa Hakimiyet”, “Hür Anadolu”. His ten poems were composed. He has
owned and fulfilled the editor-in-chief of Akpınar culture, art and literature
magazine since 2006.
Ismail
Ozmel has written sections of culture and social life, local words, rhymes,
wedding traditions, food, poets, authors, folk songs and similar chapters to
Nigde Almanac in 1967, 1973 and 2006. He has
written two articles in Diyanet Vakfı İslam Ansiklopedisi and biography of 25
authors and poets in Türk Dünyası Yazarlar Ansiklopedisi. He was a
guest in more than hundred culture/art and litareture programs at Nigde TV in
1990s. He is the owner of ILESAM 2012 Honorary
Award and 2013 Berceste magazine (Kayseri) Contribution to Turkish Literature
award. And he is a member of ILESAM and Turkish Writers' Union and honorary
member of Yazsanbir (Nigde Authors and Artists Union).
Four undergraduate theses were written about him in Kayseri and Nigde
universities. Also, a panel named "Ismail Özmel in the 50th Anniversary of
His Writing" was conducted with the cooperation of Nigde University
Rectorate- Yazsanbir at NU Faculty of Sciences and Letters on November 7,
2012. He has two works ready to
publish named as "Yunus Emre Tetkiklerine Eleştirel Bir Bakış” and "Geçmişten
Günümüze Niğde".
WORKS:
POETRY: Bir Daha Yaşamak (Niğde, 1969), Zaman Kuşun Kanadında (Kayseri,
1984), Çağır da Geleyim Güzel İstanbul (İstanbul, 1986), Her Mevsim
Bahar (1995), Türkçenin Rüzgârında (2004), Bütün şiirleri (Ankara, 2006).
BIOGRAPHY: Adana Halk Şairi Sadık Çavuş (1996), Dünden Bugüne Niğdeli Şair ve Yazarlar (Volume: 1, Konya
1990), Dünden Bugüne Niğdeli Şair ve Yazarlar (Volume: 2, Konya 2001, 3
volumes are together, 2009).
RESEARCH: Özdeyişler (1970), Türk Musikisi ve Kültürümüz
(1988), Dil ve Edebiyat Yazıları (Niğde, 1997), Kültür ve Tarih
Sohbetleri (Niğde, 1999; Erzurum, 2011), Sihirli
Zaman
(Ankara 2006), Bindallı Yazılar
(Ankara, 2007), Denemeler-Yorumlar (Erzurum, 2010), 55 Soruda Düşünen İnsan (İstanbul, 2012), Yansımalar (2014).
REFERENCE: Abdulkadir Güler / İsmail Özmel İçin “Her Mevsim Bahar” (Erciyes, Kasım 1999), Ahmet Sıvacı / Çağır da Geleyim Güzel İstanbul (Erciyes, Kasım 1999), Mustafa Parlak / “Her Mevsim Bahar”ın Yayına Girmesi Vesilesiyle (Erciyes, Ocak 2000), Abdullah Satoğlu / İsmail Özmel ve Eserleri Üzerine (Çağrı, 2000), Kibar Ayaydın / Niğde’de “Her Mevsim Bahar” (Hamle, 20.9.2001), İhsan Işık / Türkiye Yazarlar Ansiklopedisi (2001, 2004) – Encyclopedia of Turkish Authors (2005) - Resimli ve Metin Örnekli Türkiye Edebiyatçılar ve Kültür Adamları Ansiklopedisi (2007) – Ünlü Edebiyatçılar (Türkiye Ünlüleri Ansiklopedisi, C. 4, 2013) - Encyclopedia of Turkey’s Famous People (2013), Prof. Dr. Nâzım H. Polat / “Türkçenin Rüzgârında” / Önsöz (2004), Prof. Dr. Ali İhsan Kolcu / Modern Türk Şiiri-1, Şiir Tahlilleri (Konya 2007), Prof. Dr. Saim Sakaoğlu / Bir Taşralı Şairin Şiir Dünyası.” (Akpınar, Kasım-Aralık 2011), Yard. Doç. Dr. A. Vehbi Ecer / İsmail Özmel ve Tarih (Akpınar, Eylül-Ekim 2012), Kibar Ayaydın / İsmail Özmel Şiirlerinde Yahya Kemal Tesiri ve İstanbul (Akpınar, Eylül-Ekim 2012), İdris Yavuz / Şiirlerle İsmail Özmel (Akpınar, Eylül-Ekim 2012), Prof. Dr. Nurullah Çetin / Şiir Tahlilleri-2 (Ankara, 2012), Mehmet Baş / İsmail Özmel Şiirlerinde Yaşam Sevinci (Akpınar, Ocak-Şubat 2013), Yard. Doç. Dr. Faruk Yılmaz / İsmail Özmel’de Medeniyet Kavramı (Akpınar, Ocak-Şubat 2013).
