Yalçın Toker

Writer and publisher (b. 2 June 1937, Mut / İçel). His full name is Bayram Yalçın Toker. He used to signature of Serhat Bayram in his works. He attended primary and secondary school in Silifke and graduated from Vefa High School, İstanbul University, Faculty of Law (1960). He did journalism in Yeni Sabah, Tercuman, Son Havadis dailies for long years by appropriating journalism. Then he published Meşale review (1974-82). He founded and edited the Toker Publication. In 1993 he collected National Culture Association Award with his work called Türkiye’de Din ve Vicdan Hürriyeti (Religion and Conscience Freedom in Turkey).

WORKS:

NOVEL: Yaralı Yürek (Wounded Heart, 1999).

MEMOIR: Ben Spor Yazarı İken (When I Was a Sport Writer, 2001).

BIOGRAPHY: Ömer Seyfettin (Ömer Seyfettin, 1973), Ahmet Vefik Paşa (Ahmet Vefik Paşa, 1998), Kendi Anlatımı İle Atatürk'ün Hayatı (Atatürk’s Life with his Exposition, 2003).

RESEARCH-STUDY: Milliyetçiliğin Yasal Kaynakları (Legal Sources of Nationalism, 1976), En Üsttekiler: Türkler (The Topmost: Turks, 1986), Büyük Uyanış (Big Waking, 1991), Türkiye'de Din ve Vicdan Hürriyeti (Religion and Conscience Freedom in Turkey, 1993), Türk İsimleri (Turkish Names, 1995), Yeşil Ordu (Green Army, 1996), Türkiye'de Cumhuriyet Kavgası (Republic Fight in Turkey, 1996).

REFERENCE: TBE Ansiklopedisi (2. bas. 2003), İhsan Işık / Resimli ve Metin Örnekli Türkiye Edebiyatçılar ve Kültür Adamları Ansiklopedisi (2006, 2009).