Storywriter
(b. 1905, Antakya - d. 8 March 1959, İstanbul). After attending Antalya High
School (1923), he entered İstanbul University, Faculty of Literature. He
transferred to the Faculty of Law, while also working for the newspaper Vakit (1928). He continued working as a
journalist for a while and then began to work as a jurist. He worked as a judge
in Düzce, Uyak, Aydın and Ankara and then became the Attorney General of the
Appeal Court (1934). He tried to draw the public’s attention with his articles
published in local newspapers during the crisis in Hatay, which contributed to
the process that resulted in the decision by the people of the State of Hatay
to join the Republic of Turkey. Later on, he returned home and was elected the
parliamentary deputy of Hatay (1939). On failing to be re-elected at the
elections in 1946, he resumed his occupation and served as Principle Punishment
Judge in İstanbul (1947-59). He is buried in Zincirlikuyu Graveyard.
His
short stories were published in the newspaper Yeni Adana, in the supplements of the newspaper Vakit (1924-35) and in the reviews Varlık, Adımlar, Yurt ve Dünya, Yeditepe.
In his works, he depicted the problems of rural and urban people in a clear
language.
WORKS
(Short Story):
Memleket Hikâyeleri
(Stories of the Homeland, 1933), Talkınla
Salkım (Cyme and Bunch, 1937), Herkes
Kendi Hayatını Yaşar (Everybody Lives his Own Life, 1941), Yataklı Vagon Yolcusu (Passenger in the
Sleeping Wagon, 1948), Ayrı Dünya (A
Different World, 1952), Arzu ile Kamber
(Arzu and Kamber, rewritten version of the folk tale with the same title,
1940).
