Haşmet K. Gürkan

Researcher and writer (b. 1932, Nicosia / Cyprus – d. 21 March 1995, Nicosia / Cyprus). Graduating from İstanbul University, Faculty of Dentistry, he worked as a dentist in Cyprus. He wrote political and cultural articles in the newspapers Cumhuriyet (Cyprus), Savaş, Söz, Yenidüzen as well as in the magazines Beşparmak, Çevre and Yeni Kıbrıs from 1958. He is known for his research on the history of Cyprus. In 1986 he shared the Turkish Bank Award with Harid Fedai for his work Bir Zamanlar Kıbrıs’ta (Once upon a Time in Cyprus).

WORKS:

Kıbrıs Tarihinden Sayfalar (Pages from the History of Cyprus, 1981), Bir Zamanlar Kıbrıs’ta (Once upon a Time in Cyprus, with Harid Fedai, 1986), A Glance at Historic Nicosia (1987), Dünkü ve Bugünkü Lefkoşe (Nicosia Then and Now, 1989).