Writer (b. 6 July
1924, İstanbul - d. 12 March 2012, İstanbul). He has also used the pen name
“Efe”. Son of the writer İsmayıl Hakkı Baltacıoğlu, and relative of the writer
Memet Fuat, he graduated from Robert College (1944). He completed his education
at İstanbul University, Faculty of Art, Department of English Philology. He
decided to become a periodical publisher, and began to publish the periodical Dost in 1946. But this periodical and
the storybook that he published with Memet Fuat were seized by the government.
In the same period,
he worked for newspapers such as Akın
(1945-46, Mersin), Son Posta (1949-50) as a writer and correspondent. He published, together with Memet
Fuat, the review Kısa Hikâye Cep
Kitapları (8 issues, 1947-49) and Kitaplar
(11 issues, 1950) with Memet Fuat and his friends
He was one of the
founders of the Altınyurt Sports Club, and worked there as general secretary
(1959-66) and director (1966-95). He staged six plays in the amateur theatre of
the club, and he was also interested in caricature and painting. His stories
and translations were published in Yeni
Adam and in Seçilmiş Hikâyeler
from 1941 onwards. He wrote in Cumhuriyet
mostly about education (1991-97). He has continued his work in İstanbul.
WORKS:
SHORT STORY: Aşk ve Sümüklüböcek (Love and the Snail, together with
Memet Fuat, 1946), İnsanlarımız (Our People, 1996).
MEMOIR: Yeni Adam Günleri (The Days of New Man, 1998), Savaş İçinde Barış: Kore Savaşı Anıları (Peace Inside the War: Memoirs of the Korean
War, 2000).
TRAVEL
LITERATURE: Bilinmeyen Yolları ve
Yönleriyle Yugoslavya (Yugoslavia
with its Unknown Ways and Features,
1979).
RESEARCH-STUDY: Çağdaş Eğitim Üzerine (About Contemporary Education, 1996), Altınyurt: 40 Yılın Öyküsü (Altınyurt: The Story of Forty Years,
1999).
He has also
translated from English to Turkish.
REFERENCE: Cumhuriyet Kitap / Altınyurt...
(2.3.2000), TBE Ansiklopedisi I (2001), TDOE-TDE Ansiklopedisi 2 (2002), İhsan
Işık / Resimli ve Metin Örnekli Türkiye Edebiyatçılar ve Kültür Adamları Ansiklopedisi
(2006, 2007), Tuna
Baltacıoğlu'nu Kaybettik (kadikoysporkulubu.com, 15 Mart 2012).