Mehmet Murat ildan
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ENGLISH CV
EDUCATION LIFE
Contemporary Turkish playwright, novelist and thinker Mehmet Murat ildan was born in Elazig on May 16, in the Eastern part of Turkey. Due to his father's occupation, he continued his studies in capital Ankara. In 1982, high school diploma - as a first place winner - was awarded by Ankara Private Yenisehir College.
He spent one year in English Preparatory School in Ankara (at the Middle East Technical University - METU). Then in 1983, he took courses from the Department of Electronics at METU Campus in Gaziantep city as a full-time student.
In 1988, he obtained B.Sc. degree in Economics with "Certificate of Honour" (at METU in Ankara). In the same year, he also obtained a Turkish Government Scholarship by the Ministry of Education for Master and Ph.D. degrees in European Union Economics.
In 1989, he spent 8 months in an Intensive French Course at "Centre Audio-Visuel de Langues Modernes" (CAVILAM) in Vichy - France.
In 1990, he took courses in Money-Finance and Banking as a full-time student at the University of Louis-Pasteur (ULP) in Strasbourg-France. In the same year, he took advanced courses in English for 6 months, at the Cambridge Centre for Languages in Cambridge - England.
In 1991, he got Master of Arts degree in Economics from the University of Essex in England. The thesis title is: "The Presence of Bubbles in Stock Prices and Stock Market Crashes: Theory, Evidence and Economic Policy."
In 1994, while doing his Ph.D., he did his military service in Turkey.
In 1997, he was awarded the Doctor of Philosophy degree in Economics by the University of Essex. The thesis title is: "Private Behaviour and Feedback Economic Policy: Theory and Econometric Evidence from the United Kingdom."
LITERARY CAREER
His literary career started in 1993 with a poetry book called Bright Candles; it was written in English in England and published in Turkey in 1995. In 1997, a poem from this book was published in the Georgian Blue Poetry Anthology.
Between the years 1993 - 1998, he did not write anything literary. In 1998, he wrote stories for 6 months.
In 1999, he left his economics occupation.
From the year 2000 onwards, he started writing plays; he became a professional writer.
He has published 7 plays and 25 stories. His novels "Antiquary Arago's Diary," "Roses underneath Paris" and “The First Sorrows of Young Werther” and his story book "Lovers of Samos Island" have also been published.
Three of his plays, Master Moliere is Marrying, Galileo Galilei & Emmanuel Arago's Diary, have been accepted to the Repertory of Turkish State Theatre. Also, his plays Eyes of Magic, Beggar's Prophecy and Emmanuel Arago's Diary have been included in the repertoire of Istanbul City Theatre.
Six of his plays have been translated into English by Yurdanur Salman, a well-known linguist in Istanbul.
His play Eyes of Magic was partly published in the "Absinthe - New European Writing" literary magazine in the USA. His play Master Moliere is Marrying has performed by Antalya State Theatre and Eyes of Magic has performed by Istanbul City Theatre.
Writer is a member of "International P.E.N. -Turkish P.E.N. Association" in Istanbul.
AWARDS
His play "Eyes of Magic" got the "Best Play Award" in Istanbul Kadiköy Municipality National Playwriting Competition" in 2000.
Another play, "Beggar's Prophecy," became a finalist in "AQT 2005 Vancouver Canada International Playwriting Competition."
His story "Housefly" obtained the "Secondary Place Award" in Samim Kocagöz
“Do not complain about the length of the road! What will you do when the road finishes? Let it continue!”
“Su, yolunun üzerindeki engellerle dalga geçer; bilge adam, yolunun üzerindeki engellerle dalga geçer!”
“Water jokes about the obstacles on its way; wise man jokes about the obstacles on his way!”
“Eğer karmaşık bir yaşamın varsa, onu basitleştir; eğer basit bir yaşamın varsa, öylece devam et!”
“If you have a complex life, make it simple; if you have a simple life, continue it that way!”
“Maymun, kaslarıyla uzun bir sıçrayış yapabilir; insan da bilgeliğiyle!”
“Monkey can make a long jump with his muscles; and man, with his wisdom!”
“Yalnızca akıllı adamlar ‘esnek’ olabilirler; ötekiler ‘katı’ kalmaya mahkûmdurlar!”
“Only the clever men can be flexible; others are condemned to remain as rigid!”
“Özlü sözleri okumak, çoklu güneşe sahip bir gezegende yaşamaktır!”
“To read quotations is to live in a planet with multiple suns!”
“Evrensel oku; evrensel düşün; evrensel yaşa!”
“Read universally; think universally; live universally!”
“Köprülerin bilgeliği şuradan gelir ki onlar her iki tarafı da, her iki kıyıyı da bilirler!”
“The wisdom of bridges comes from the fact that they know the both sides, they know the both shores!”
“Vida simple y tranquila mente, son amigos muy cercanos.”
“Science is the Noah’s Ark very itself! Seek no other vessel!”
“In the cold dark days of the winter, dream about the flowers to get warmed up!”
“Eğer insan uçabilirse, bu fevkalade bir şey olmayacaktır! Fakat eğer insan ölümsüz olabilirse, işte bu fevkalade bir şey olacaktır!”
“If man can fly, it won’t be something extraordinary! But if man can become immortal, now that will be extraordinary!”
“Basit bir yaşam ve huzurlu bir zihin çok yakın arkadaştırlar!”
“Simple life and peaceful mind are very close friends!”
“Fakirlik, beşeriyetin büyük bir başarısızlık olduğu gerçeğinin matematiksel bir ispatıdır!”
“Poverty is a mathematical proof of the fact that mankind is a big failure!”
“Cualquier cosa puede pasar, esta es la regla principal de este universo! La mejor defensa contra esta regla es la siguiente: No entres en pánico!”
“Cuál es tu sueño? Ser el hombre más famoso en el mundo? Qué sueño tan estupido! Conquistar el mundo entero con un ejército? Qué sueño tan primitivo tienes! Ganar millones de dólares? Que sueño tan ambicioso tienes! CUESTIONA tus sueños!”
“Para encontrar lo que buscas, en primer lugar hay que olvidar lo que estás buscando”
“Siempre se puede conocer a gente estúpida en nuestro viaje de la vida, así que deberías tratarla de la misma manera que una vela trata a la oscuridad: Iluminala!”
“Las casas viejas estan llenas de memorias y es por ello que resisten a colapsarse!”
“Cuộc đời là một giấc mộng, và mùa thu là cõi mộng trong mơ!”
“En la medida que tu curiosidad sea mayor que tu miedo, seguirás adelante.”
“Ir a un bosque y besar el arroyo, besar el árbol, besar a la luz escapa a través de los árboles! Dale tu amor a los que dan vida a ti!”
“Allez dans une forêt et embrassez le ruisseau, embrassez l’arbre, embrassez la lumière qui filtre à travers les arbres. Donnez votre amour à ceux qui vous donnent la vie!”
“No hay multitudes en las orillas de la sabiduría!”
“Bilgelik kıyısında kalabalıklar yoktur!”
“There are no crowds in the shores of wisdom!”
“En güzel yüz her zaman huzurlu bir kafanın yüzüdür!”
“The most beautiful face is always the face of the peaceful mind!”
“Dünya, saatte 108.000 kilometre bir hızla uzayda seyahat eder. Bir ormanda sakince yürürken bilmelisin ki aslında o çılgın hızda uzayda uçuyorsundur!”
“Earth travels in the space at the speed of 108,000 kilometres per hour. When you walk calmly in a forest, you must know that you are in fact flying in the space at that crazy speed!”
“Evler için daha fazla pencereye ihtiyacımız var. Ve insanlar için, daha fazla akla!”
“We need more windows for the houses. And for men, more reason!”
“Eğer içeri girmezsen, cennete giden kapının ne faydası olabilir?”
“If you do not enter inside, what use the door to heaven can have?”
“Eğer odada yalnızca sen ve müzik varsa, odada iki kişi var demektir. Müzik, canlı bir varlıktır!”
“If there are only you and the music in the room, it means that there are two persons in the room! Music is a live being!”
“Parlayan bir zihin ve parlayan bir vücut için doğaya ihtiyacın var, yaldıza değil!”
“For a shining mind and a shining body, you need nature, not gilding or silvering!”
“Yaşamdan sonra yaşam yoktur. Her kim var diyorsa, onu önemseme! Gerçek dışı olan yok sayılmalıdır! Hayata ve bilime yapış!”
“There is no life after life. Whoever says there is, ignore him! The untruth must be ignored! Stick to the life and the science!”