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
“Görülür görülmez, olağanüstü olağan olmaya başlar!”
“As soon as it is seen, the extraordinary starts becoming ordinary!”
“Etrafımızda çok fazla şey var; bizi iyi düşünmekten alıkoyuyorlar! Daha iyi düşünmek için bazen yoğun bir sise ihtiyacımız olur!”
“There are too many things around us, preventing us from thinking well! To think well, sometimes we need a heavy fog!”
“Cesaret, sınırları reddeder!”
“Courage refuses frontiers!”
“Kendinde neyi değiştirmesi ve neyi sevmesi gerektiğini görmek için her şeyin bir aynaya ihtiyacı vardır, bir kayanın, bir ördeğin bile, her şeyin!”
“Everything needs a mirror to see what to change and what to love in itself, even a rock or a duck, everything!”
“Sisli sabahların güzelliklerini bilen fakir bir balıkçı, öğlene kadar sarayında uyuyan zengin bir adamdan çok daha zengindir!”
“A poor fisherman who knows the beauties of the misty mornings is much richer than a wealthy man who sleeps till noon in his palace!”
“Bilinmeyen küçük bir köyde yaşıyor olabilirsin, fakat eğer büyük fikirlerin varsa, dünya gelip seni bulacaktır!”
“You may live in an unknown small village, but if you have big ideas, the world will come and find you!”
“Kuşlar bize çok önemli bir şey öğretir: Hangi yüksekliğe çıkarsan çık sonunda yine yere ineceksin!”
“Birds teach us something very important: To whatever height you rise, you will finally come down to the ground!”
“Sürü! Senin ilk görevin çobanından kurtulmaktır!”
“Herd! Your first duty is to get rid of your shepherd!”
“Sorunun ne olursa olsun, eğer onu doğru bir şekilde düşünebilirsen, parıldayan bir güneş gibi ufukta belirecektir çözüm!”
“Whatever your problem is, if you may think it rightly, the solution will appear on the horizon like a shining sun!”
“Eğer bir deniz feneriysen, kendini gizleyemezsin; eğer kendini gizlersen, bir deniz feneri olamazsın!”
“If you are a lighthouse, you cannot hide yourself; if you hide yourself, you cannot be a lighthouse!”
“Eğer arkanda iyi bir iz bırakırsan, sen dursan bile o iz yürümeye devam edecektir!”
“If you leave a good trace behind you, that trace will continue its walk even if you stop!”
“Cesaret, işleri kolaylaştırır!”
“Courage makes the things easier!”
“Sevdiğine çiçek verme, çünkü onun da bir sevdiği var! Bırak çiçekler yaşasın!”
“Don’t give your loved one a flower, because it too has a loved one! Let the flowers live!”
“Eğer Paris’te hiç yürüdüysen, göreceksin ki Paris daima senin anılarında yürüyecektir!”
“If you have ever walked in Paris, you will see that Paris will ever walk in your memoires!”
“Sıkılmış ruhlar için bazen deniz en iyi çaredir!”
“For the bored souls, sometimes sea is the best answer!”
“Gelecek bilinmez olduğuna göre, ileri atılan her adımda meçhule yürürüz!”
“Since the future is unknown, in every step forward we walk to the unknown!”
“A man who gets up very early creates a new day within the same day!”
“Every bridge is a holy saint; it helps everyone who comes to him and protects them from the precipices!”
“When a good change is flowing towards you, don’t stand like the river stones before it!”
“Silence is a giver; it gives some things to you! Noise is a taker; it takes some things from you! Seek for the silence!”
“Everywhere man is in disguise! Who is who is unknown! Try to enter the mask and find out who the man inside really is!”
“Learn well how to climb because you will come across with many hills and mountains in your short life!”
“When the sleep appears like a ghost, all the reality disappears!”
“Wise man is a good Sherpa; he takes you to the highest places!”
“If a man is not aware of the existence of the moon, what can the moon do for him except continue sending its lights upon him?”
“A house without security cannot be a home!”
“If you are strong enough, you can enjoy even in the middle of a storm!”
“Not every thought is a candle! Some thoughts can make the world darker!”
“If your friend goes to a far place, that far place comes close to you!”
“People often ask if one day mankind attains immortality, how he will be able to get rid of the eternal boredom problem? The answer is this: By embarking on eternal adventures!”
“In the jungle of ideas, it is hard to find the true direction! The paths of the wrong ideas often seem to be very alluring!”
“The beauty of a house by the lake side in the middle of wilderness can best be appreciated not by those who permanently live in the house but by the travellers passing by!”
“How many stars can you count in the sky? How many mistakes can you count in your life? Stop counting! No clever man ever is stuck in the past!”
“Those who found nothing on the plains will find nothing on the summits of mountains!”