Necmi Onur
Journalist and writer (b. 1925, Alişam village / Harput [Elazığ] – d. December 1992, İstanbul). He also used the pen name Nuri Öncem. He attended İstanbul Haydarpaşa High School (1943). He enrolled at İstanbul University Faculty of Law, but did not complete his undergraduate studies. He took up journalism on the newspaper Hürsöz (1945). He worked in various jobs at the newspapers Zaman, Dünya, Yeni Sabah, Tercüman, Milliyet, Yeni Gazete and Hürriyet from which he gained fame through his published interviews.
WORKS:
INTERVIEW: Çanakkale Savaşları ve Şehitler Abidesi (War of the Dardanelles and the Monument of Martyrs, 1959), Mezarlarında Yaşayanlar (Those Who Live in Their Graves, 1961), Telsiz Duvaksız Anadolu (Plain Bride Anatolia, 1964), Çadır Tiyatrosu (Traveling Theatre, 1965), Allah'a Giden Yol (The Way Leading to God, 1967), İnsan Emeği Bekleyen Ülke Avustralya (Australia, the Country That Waits for Human Labor, 1968), Kanlı Kerbela (Bloody Kerbela, 1969), Şark Cephesinde Yeni Bir Şey Yok (Nothing’s New on the Eastern Front, 1971), Unuttuğumuz Doğu (The East We have Forgotten, 1980).
SHORT STORY: Asker Cigarası (Soldier’s Cigarette, 1963), Deli Fato (Crazy Fato, 1968), Grevci Ecevit (Striker Ecevit, 1975).
NOVEL: Vicdansız Kadın (Heartless Woman, 1966), Apar Abdo (The Thief Abdullah, 1974), Kadınlar Daha Çok Sever (Women Love More, 1974), Orospu (Prostitute, first book, 1976), Kör Sait'in Oğlu (Son of Blind Sait, 1981), Para Babası (Moneybags, 1982), Devlet Baba (Father State, 1984).
OTHER WORKS: Ünlü Yazarlarımız Nasıl Çalışıyor (How Do Our famous Writers Work, serialized in the newspaper Yeni Gazete, October 1970, not published), Damdaki Muhalif (Opponent on the Roof, play, staged by a private theatre in İstanbul, 1974).
Journalist and writer (b. 1925, Alişam village / Harput [Elazığ] – d. December 1992, İstanbul). He also used the pen name Nuri Öncem. He attended İstanbul Haydarpaşa High School (1943). He enrolled at İstanbul University Faculty of Law, but did not complete his undergraduate studies. He took up journalism on the newspaper Hürsöz (1945). He worked in various jobs at the newspapers Zaman, Dünya, Yeni Sabah, Tercüman, Milliyet, Yeni Gazete and Hürriyet from which he gained fame through his published interviews.
WORKS:
INTERVIEW: Çanakkale Savaşları ve Şehitler Abidesi (War of the Dardanelles and the Monument of Martyrs, 1959), Mezarlarında Yaşayanlar (Those Who Live in Their Graves, 1961), Telsiz Duvaksız Anadolu (Plain Bride Anatolia, 1964), Çadır Tiyatrosu (Traveling Theatre, 1965), Allah'a Giden Yol (The Way Leading to God, 1967), İnsan Emeği Bekleyen Ülke Avustralya (Australia, the Country That Waits for Human Labor, 1968), Kanlı Kerbela (Bloody Kerbela, 1969), Şark Cephesinde Yeni Bir Şey Yok (Nothing’s New on the Eastern Front, 1971), Unuttuğumuz Doğu (The East We have Forgotten, 1980).
SHORT STORY: Asker Cigarası (Soldier’s Cigarette, 1963), Deli Fato (Crazy Fato, 1968), Grevci Ecevit (Striker Ecevit, 1975).
NOVEL: Vicdansız Kadın (Heartless Woman, 1966), Apar Abdo (The Thief Abdullah, 1974), Kadınlar Daha Çok Sever (Women Love More, 1974), Orospu (Prostitute, first book, 1976), Kör Sait'in Oğlu (Son of Blind Sait, 1981), Para Babası (Moneybags, 1982), Devlet Baba (Father State, 1984).
OTHER WORKS: Ünlü Yazarlarımız Nasıl Çalışıyor (How Do Our famous Writers Work, serialized in the newspaper Yeni Gazete, October 1970, not published), Damdaki Muhalif (Opponent on the Roof, play, staged by a private theatre in İstanbul, 1974).
