Researcher-writer, poet (B. 1905, Ordu – D. January
26, 1958, Perşembe / Ordu). He completed primary and secondary schools in Ordu.
He graduated from Trabzon Teachers’ School (1927) and started to work as a
teacher in Söke district of Aydın. He was close friend with Kubilay, who
attempted to stop the rebellion in Menemen on December 23, 1930 and was
murdered by Islamist rebels. While he was conducting his military service in
Gaziemir /
Sıtkı Can was a good orator as well. One of his most
important contributions was to reveal two Divan poets Tıflı and Fitnat. He was the editor-in-chief of Ordu Public
House journal Yeşilordu. İbnülemin Mahmut Kemal praises him for this. He
was working on The History of Ordu before he died.
WORKS:
Doğunun
Sesi Trabzon (1935), Birkaç Söz Birkaç
Satır (1935), Ordu İlinde 19 Mayıs Spor ve Gençlik Bayramı (1937), Ordulu
Şair Tıflı’nın Hayatı ve Eserleri (1938), Ordulu Şair Fitnat (1939),
Rize Şairleri (1942), Ordu İlinde Çocukla İlgili İnanmalar
(1945), Büyük Harfler ve Yazı İşaretleri (1945), Noktalama İşaretleri
(1946), Dilbilgisi Esaslarına Göre İmlâ Kurallarımız (3rd ed., 1955), Fonetik
Bakımından Ordu Ağzı, Ordu Bilmeceleri.
REFERENCE:
Yurt Ansiklopedisi (vol. VIII, 1982-1983), TDOE-TDE Ansiklopedisi 2 (2002),
İhsan Işık (TEKAA, 2009).