Writer (14 March
1941, Nazilli / Aydın). He attended
His first poem “Bekâr Odam” (My
Bachelor Room) was published in the review Nasrettin Hoca in 1957. His poems,
short stories and humorous articles were published in reviews such as Papağan, Akbaba, Gırgır, Sanat Çevresi,
Yaba, Söylem, Beşparmak, Türk Dili, Çağdaş Türk Dili, Yelken, Varlık and Güzel Yazılar and in newspapers such as Cumhuriyet, Hürriyet, Milliyet, Yeni Asır and
Sabah Postası from 1960. He won the
children’s story award of the review Damar
in 1996. He came second at the Turkish Aeronautical Society Short Story
Competition and came first at the Etos’s Cultural House Poetry competition. He
won the Mevlüt Kaplan Literature Award in 2000 and has received honorable
mentions at various competitions.
WORKS:
POETRY: Varım (I am In, 1962), Sessizliğin Sağanağı (The Downpour of
Silence, 1984).
SHORT STORY: Sonsuz Olmaktır
Sevmek (Love is to be Eternal, 1975),
Şeytan Rivayetleri-Gizemli Öyküler (Rumors of the Devil – Mysterious
Stories, 1997).
ESSAY: Türküleşsin Dünya (May the World be Like
a Song, 1985).
PLAY: Bir Numaralı Adam (Man with the Number
One, short stories and plays, 1980).
HUMOR: Halkımız "Gülen
Ayvamız, Ağlayan Narımız" (Our People “Our Laughing Quince, Our Crying
Pomegranate”, 1980), İkramiyeli Dünya (The
World with a Bonus, 1983).
CHILDREN’S
STORY: Öküzü Bayram Yerinde (Ox at
the Fete, 1997), Dilek (The Wish,
2002), Çilli Horoz (The Freckled
Cock), Palyaço (The Clown), Annem Dedi ki (My Mother Said That), Çalış Kızım (Work my Daughter), Çalış Oğlum (Work my Son), Konuşan Ayna (The Speaking Mirror), Elma Dersem Çık (Come When I Say
Apple), Arkadaşım Eşek (My Friend the
Donkey), Karıncanın Dersi (The Lesson
of the Ant).
COLLECTION: Açıklamalı Ata–sözleri (Proverbs
Explained, 1985), Açıklamalı Deyimler (Idioms
Explained, 1985).