Poet and writer (b. 12 January 1945,
Bakırköy / İstanbul). He completed his primary education in İstanbul and
secondary education in Diyarbakır (1956). He attended Haydarpaşa High School,
Kabataş High School and graduated from Pendik High School. He founded Havass
(1977) and Süreç Publications (1984) and edited the review Süreç until 1982. Afterwards, he undertook the
administration of the Modus Vivendi Publishing House and Art Gallery in Zurich.
He worked as a columnist on the newspaper Günaydın
after he returned to Turkey. In later years, he was invited onto several
television programs and discussed screenplays of Western countries that
offended Turkey.
His poems, essays and researches have
been published in the newspapers Haber,
Akşam, Cumhuriyet, Yeni Halkçı, Ulus and
Yenigün, the reviews Sanat Edebiyat,
Varlık, Süreç, Bilim-Sanat and in some socialist reviews since 1964. His
ten books were banned. His articles have been published in some publications in
France and Switzerland and his poetry has been published in United States and
Iceland.
WORKS:
POETRY: Partizan (Partisan, 1975),
Dinmeyen (Never-ending, 1978), Anılan
(One That Was Remembered, 1982),
İhanet Şiirleri (Poems of Treason, 1984),
Otellerde (In the Hotels, 1986).
ESSAY-RESEARCH: Türkiye’de Kadın (Women in Turkey, 1975), Haşhaş ve Emperyalizm (Opium and Imperialism, 1979), Siyasal Kültür ve Yöntem (Political Culture and Method, 1982), Niçin Eşit İşe Eşit Ücret Değil (Why Not a Fair Day’s Work for a Fair Day’s Money, 1984), Laiklik (Secularism, 1986), Gül ve Haç Kardeşliği (Brotherhood of the Rose and Cross, 2003).
REFERENCE: İhsan Işık / Türkiye Yazarlar Ansiklopedisi (Tek cilt, 2001, 3 cilt, 2004) - Encyclopedia of Turkish Authors (2005) - Resimli ve Metin Örnekli Türkiye Edebiyatçılar ve Kültür Adamları Ansiklopedisi (10 cilt, 2006, 2009), Araştırmacı yazar Aytunç Altındal’dan müthiş iddia: 1942’de başbakan olan Saracoğlu, ABD ajanıydı. Kod adı Harem’di... (Arda Uskan röportajı, sabah.com.tr, 27.09.2010), Hakan Yılmaz Çebi / Hedef Ülke (röportajlar, 2002), Altındal’ın cenazesi toprağa verildi ((aksam.com.tr, 19 Kasım 2013), Türkiye Yazarlar Birliği / Türkiye Kültür Sanat Yıllığı (2014).
