Pedagogue and writer
(b. 15 May 1934, Bahçeköy / Osmaniye - d. 09 February 2020, Adana). He graduated from the Village Institute
of Düziçi, Adana, and the Ankara Gazi Institute of Education, Department of
Turkish Literature (1958) and the Public Administration for Turkey and the
Middle East (1951). He did his
postgraduate course at Ankara University, Education Studies, Educational
Administration Planning Department (1967). He worked at primary and elementary
schools as a teacher and administrator.
He was an administrator in provincial and
central offices of the Ministry of Education. His articles about education,
language, art, the issues of the country and papers about many subjects have
been published in various newspapers and reviews. He is a member of the Society
of Educators, the Teachers Association, the Language Society, and the Turkish
Authors Association.
WORKS:
ESSAY-RESEARCH: Öğretmene Özel Külrengi Yazılar (Ash Colored Special Writing for
the Teacher, 1996), Osmaniyeli Mektuplar
(The Letters from Osmaniye, 1998), Mektupların
Tanıklığı (Testimony of the Letters, 2003).
INTERVIEW: Yüz Yüze Görüşmeler (Face to Face Interviews, 1997).
TRAVEL LITERATURE-JOURNAL: 80 ile 99 Arası – Gezi Yorum (Between 80 and 99 – Travel – Interpretation, 1999), Eğer Benim ile Gezmek Dilersen – Gezi Günlükleri (If You Wish to Travel with Me – Travel Journals, 2001).
CRITIQUE: Kitap
Kitap Şiir Gelir Bizlere (Poems Come to Us in Many Books, 88 works of 68
poets, 2000).
REFERENCE: Ahmet Özer (Damar, Kasım 1996), Elgin Bucakyurt (Damar, Ocak 1997), Mehmet Atilla (Kıyı, Temmuz 1998), Ali F. Bilir (Cumhuriyet Kitap, 16.7.1998), M. Güner Demiray (Kıyı, Ağustos 1999), Osman Bolulu (Çağdaş Türk Dili, Ekim 1999), Hasan Akarsu (Cumhuriyet Kitap, 6.4.2000), M. Demirel Babacanoğlu (Aykırısanat, Yaz, 2000), İhsan Işık / Türkiye Yazarlar Ansiklopedisi (2001, 2004) – Encyclopedia of Turkish Authors (2005) - Resimli ve Metin Örnekli Türkiye Edebiyatçılar ve Kültür Adamları Ansiklopedisi (2006, gen. 2. bas. 2007), Hasan Akarsu / Şiirler-Den / İzler (2004), Emine M. Azboz (Abece, Ağustos 2004), Osman Nuri Poyrazoğlu Öldü! (kültürsanattv.com, 10.02.2020), Zeki Sarıhan / Yazı Kurulu Üyemiz (kültürsanattv.com, 10.02.2020).
