Folklorist (B. 1920, Tokat – D.
1995). He has also used pseudonyms such as Halil Dumluca and Muharrem Türkmen.
He completed his primary and secondary education in Tokat. He graduated from
Sivas First Teachers’ School (1944). He worked as a teacher in Siirt Pervari,
Sivas Divriği and Sivas and was retired in 1976.
He started writing when he was in
the 8th grade with his poem published in the newspaper called
Yeşilırmak in Tokat. He wrote articles on folklore in journals named Yayla,
4 Eylül, Mecmua, Yapı, Sivas in Sivas. He published monthly Sivas Folkloru journal (1973-1978) and
after 1978, the same journal was renamed as Türk
Folkloru and was published until 1999. He moved to Istanbul in 1977. He
received awards such as Muzik-San Foundation Award (1980), Ihsan Hıncer
Services to Turkish Folklore Award (1981) and Turkish Folklore Studies Award
(1981). He was the honorary member of Turkish Folklore Research Institution.
WORKS:
Cıvıltılar (1962), Divriği Şairleri (1964), Her Yönden
Sivas (1964, 1965, 1979), Âşık Veysel (1964, 1967), Sivas Halk
Şairleri Bayramı (1965), Seyit Türk (1967), Külşahzade Rahmi,
(1967), XIX. Yüzyıl Bektaşî Şairi Kul Himmet Üstadım/Yaşamı, Kişiliği ve
Şiirleri (1976, 1995), Yalınkat (Sefil Selimi- 1978), Pir Sultan
Abdallar (1984, 1997), Âşık Velî Hayatı-Kişiliği-Deyişleri (1984), Söz
Mülkünün Sultanları (1985), Şah İsmail Hatayi ve Anadolu
Hatayileri (1993), Kul Himmet (1997).
REFERENCE:
Atilla Özkırımlı / “Pir Sultan Abdallar” (Cumhuriyet, 19 June 1986), Eray Canberk
/ Interview (Dünya Kitap, 4.9.1992), TBE Ansiklopedisi (2001).