He was born in Dereli Village, Kahramanmaraş in 1962. After graduating from Dereli Primary School, Denizli Pamukkale Secondary School, Literature Department of Tarsus High School and Department of Economics of Anadolu University in 1989, he attended pedagogical teaching education at Faculty of Education, Çukurova University. He got a master’s degree with the project thesis ‘Staff Problems at Penal Institutions’ at Social Sciences Institute of Selçuk University and the project thesis ‘Juvenile Crimes and Reasons That Push Children into Crime’ at the Department of Psychological Counseling and Guidance at the same university (2007)
He
performed Turkish Folk Music Teaching named ‘EDELER’, orchestra management,
musicianship and made programmes on Gaziantep GRT TV, Hisar TV, Yaprak TV and
Kanal 5 between 1983-1989
In
1993 he started working as an administrative officer at İnebolu M Type Closed
Penitentiary Institution and then worked as the Director of Gaziantep and
Midyat Prisons. In 2004 he continued his career as a director and lecturer at
Erzurum Penitentiary Institution Personnel Hüseyin Turgut Training Center.
After working for seven and a half years in early 2012 he turned back his duty
as the director of prison due to his childrens’ education.
During
his short term working period at Kayseri Closed Penitentiary Institution he served
as a lecturer again that he loved so much. In the same year he was appointed as
the director of İnebolu M Type Closed Penitentiary Institution and worked there
for two years. In mid 2014 he was appointed as the founding director to the
Directorate of İstanbul Children Educational Home which was the second in
Turkey after the one in Ankara and served there for two years as the director.
He still works as a director of prison.
Mehmet
AKSU took part in delegation that visited Austria for the project of Judicial
Modernisation and Penal Reform in Turkey. He also took part in the group which
prepared the course books for the staff of Turkish Probation and Assistance
Services Unit and he is one of the first trainers of this institution.
His
first article was published in a local newspaper in K.Maraş named İstiklal.
Then in various newspapers, anthologies, magazines and social networking sites
his articles and poems were published. He attended Dolunay Poem Feast . He
composed music as well and gave concerts by singing his own composings with the
instrument baglama. He got awards in
composition and poem contests. He shared many articles about various topics in
CIPDER Sharing Magazine and in the column named ‘Ağzımda Olan’ in Kurtuluş Newspaper,
a prestigious local newspaper in Erzurum. His articles were also published in
CTE Values Magazine, Lamure Life , Ayrıntı ve Kültür Magazine and Erzurum
Sevdası Magazine.
He
still writes articles in ‘Ay Vakti’ Thought-Culture and Literature Magazine. He
is a member of Gaziantep Chamber of Instrument-Sound and Stage Artists,
Antoloji.com, Musical Work Owners Group Professional Association, Writers Union
of Turkey.
The
second edition of the poetry book ‘Başka Dağlar Var’, published in Dolunay
Publishing in 2002, was published in Yankı Publishing in January 2011 and the
second edition of the essay book ‘Heybedeki Hayat’ published in Yankı
Publishing in 2015, was published again in Yankı Publishing in March 2019.
In
2021 his books took part in some university libraries. In the same year Mehmet
AKSU was displayed as one of the six writers on the honor corner at the
entrance of Hacı Bektaş Veli University Library.
In
2022 he attended the poem festival as honorary guest held by Kahramanmaraş /
Nurhak District Naitonal Education Directorate upon the official invitation of
District Governor Ferhat GÜR.
He
gives personal development seminar trainings and conferences to different
target audiences. Organizing the first one in Erzurum in 2012, he reiterated
his call ‘Let Erzurum and Kahramanmaraş Become Poet Sister Cities’ in 2013 and
traditionalized it. He explanis the importance of this project by holding
poetry recitals with his poet friends and invites all sensible people to
support them. He is married and has three children.
WORKS:
Poetry:
Sevdamın
Yurdu (1999)
Başka
Dağlar Var (2002)
Gönüllerin
Budak Gülleri (2006)
Temmuz
Güneşi (2012)
Dolunayda
Yürümek (2020)
Essay-Byword
Heybedeki
Hayat (Essay, 2015)
Söz
Yumağı (Byword, 2015)
Açık
Kapı (Essay, 2020)
Söz
Yolağı (Byword, 2020)
Research-Analysis
Personnel
Problems in Penitentiary and Execution Institutions (2007)
Juvenile
Crimes and Reason Pushing Children to Crime (2010)
His Continuing
Works
‘Mahkumiyetten Hakimiyete’ A book about President
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s penpals, letters to his friends during his imprisonment
in Pınarhisar Prison and analysis of those letters. (Research)
Heybeli
Kapı (Poem)
Muhabbet
Arkı (Poem)
Han
Soluğu (Poem)
Heybeden
Haber (Reflected in Press)
Söz
Dimağı (Byword)
.. Denge (Essay)
..Tepe (Moment)
REFERENCES: Ramazan Avcı
/Kahramanmaraşlı Şairler Antolojisi, K. Maraş Governorship 2008, İhsan Işık /
Encyclopedia of Turkish Literary and Cultural Men ( Volume 11 Supplement 1,
2009), Yaşar Alpaslan, S. Yakar / Maraş Meşhurları (Kahramanmaraş Governorship,
2009), Erzurum Local Newspaper ‘Kurtuluş’ 01 April 2011), CİPDER Sharing
Magazine, April 2011, Number 10, Ankara Kahramanmaraş Encyclopedia (Sütçü İmam University,
Volume 1, Pages 186,187 (2017)
Can be found information about him in national and
local press.
