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
“When the time came to move forward, don’t even think about to look at back for even a second!”
“Bir ışığa sahip olmak yetmez; başkalarıyla paylaşılmalıdır! Karanlığın azalması için, büyük bir şevkle paylaşmak gerek gerçeği!”
“It is not enough to have a light; it must be shared with others! For the darkness to diminish, we must eagerly share the truth!”
“Eğer bir adam barışçıl ve şiddetsiz değilse, hangi dinin üyesi olursa olsun, o kişi adam değildir! Şiddet, insanı düşük düzeyde bir yaratığa indirir!”
“If a man is not peaceful and non-violent, whichever religion he belongs to, he is not a man! Violence degrades man to a low-degree creature!”
“İçinde yaşadığımız evren hiçbir şeyi beklemeye uygun değildir! Beklemeyi bırak ve limanından ayrıl!”
“The universe we are living in is not suitable for waiting for anything! Stop waiting and leave your port!”
“Cennete giden yolu aramayı reddet, çünkü her güzel yer zaten bir cennettir!”
“Refuse to seek for the road to paradise, because every beautiful place is already a paradise!”
“Boat is nothing without water and man without his dreams!”
“Eğer kültürün barışçıl değilse, at gitsin hayatından! Eğer dinin barışçıl değilse, at gitsin hayatından! Barışçıl olmayan her şey değersizdir! At gitsin hayatından!”
“If your culture is not peaceful, throw it from your life! If your religion is not peaceful, throw it from your life! Anything which is not peaceful is worthless! Throw it from your life!”
“Güzel bir yolda yürüyorken, bilmelisin ki bir mucizenin üzerinde yürüyorsun: Evrimin mucizesi!”
“When you walk in a beautiful road, you must know that you are walking on a miracle: The miracle of evolution!”
“Cesaretinin seni terk etmesine izin verdiğin an, terk edilmiş eski bir eve dönersin!”
“The moment you let your courage leave you, you turn to an abandoned old house!”
“Fikirleri, ideolojileri ya da dinleri ne olursa olsun, insanlarla her zaman iyi geçin!”
“Whatever their ideas or ideologies or religions are, always get along well with people!”
“Fikirler çatışsın, kılıçlar uyusun!”
“Let the ideas clash, let the swords sleep!”
“Son derece mümkündür ki bir büyükbaba torunlarından daha çok bilimsel bir akla sahip olabilir! Toplumlar her zaman ileri gitmezler! Bazen eski kuşaklar çok daha şanslıdırlar!”
“It is perfectly possible that a grandfather can have a more scientific mind than his grandchildren! Societies do not always go forward! Sometimes old generations are much luckier!”
“Köprü, yolları kısaltır; bilgelik de aynı şeyi yapar!”
“Bridge shortens the roads; wisdom does the same!”
“Sevgi, dünyanın bütün mühendislerinden daha fazla köprü yaratır!”
“Love creates bridges much more than all the engineers of the world!”
“What lies at the end of the life path? The answer is simple: Nothing lies over there! That’s why mankind must change the end of the road!”
“Hayat yolunun sonunda ne vardır? Yanıt basittir: Orada hiçbir şey yoktur! O yüzden insanoğlu ‘yolun sonunu’ değiştirmelidir!”
“Düşmanlarına karşı kaleler inşa etmek yerine, sana gelmeleri için onlara köprü inşa et!”
“Instead of building castles against your enemies, build bridges for them to come to you!”
“Yiyeceğini korumak zorundasın yoksa başkası onu alır! Burada bir ilahilik yoktur! Fakat ilahilik şurada vardır: Hiçbir varlığın yiyeceğini savunmak zorunda olmadığı uygar bir düzende!”
“You have to protect your food, otherwise someone else takes it! There is no divinity in here! But there is divinity there: In a civilised order where no being has to defend for its food!”
“Her uzun seyahat insanı değiştirir!”
“Every long travel changes man!”
“Tıpkı ölü ve ıssız Ay gibi, uzaktan her şey güzel görünür!”
“Just like the dead and deserted Moon, all things appear to be beautiful from far distance!”
“Baykuşlar yalnız kuşlar olarak bilinirler; fakat bilinmez ki orman onların en iyi arkadaşıdır!”
“Owls are known as lonely birds; but it is not known that they have the forest as their best friend!”
“Hiçbir akıllı adam savaşlar gibi aptalca şeylerle hiçbir şekilde ilgilenmez! Savaşlar her zaman yalnızca aptal insanların gündeminde vardır.”
“No wise man is ever interested in stupid matters like wars! Wars are always on the agenda of only stupid man!”
“Eğer bir ülkeyi yenmek istiyorsan, onu fikirlerinle yen! Düşmanlarını yenmek istiyorsan, onları fikirlerinle yen! Bırak tek kılıcın ve tek silahın keskin ve güçlü fikirlerin olsun!”
“If you want to defeat a country, defeat it with your ideas! If you want to defeat your enemies, defeat them with your ideas! Let your only sword and gun be your sharp and powerful ideas!”
“Gökyüzüne baktığında bilmelisin ki senin canlı bir varlık olarak var olmanı sağlayan kozmik fabrikaya bakıyorsun!”
“When you look at the sky, you must know that you look at the cosmic factory which enabled you to exist as a live being!”
“Sandalyemiz bir gün boş kalacaktır, fakat fikirlerimiz o koltukta oturmaya devam edeceklerdir! Ancak çok uzak gelecekte, ne sandalye ne de fikirler kalacaktır! Her şey kaybolacaktır!”
“Our chair will remain empty one day, but our ideas will continue to sit on that chair! However in the very distant future, there will remain neither chair nor ideas! All will disappear!”
“Her cehennemde bir güzellik vardır!”
“There is a beauty in every hell!”
“Zor günlerde altın iyi bir arkadaştır ve iyi arkadaş da altındır!”
“In hard times, gold is a good friend and good friend is gold!”