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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
“Eğer gerçeği arıyorsan, mağaranı terk et!”
“If you are after truth, leave your cave!”
“Her ağaç bir melektir!”
“Every tree is an angel!”
“İnsanlar etrafındayken iyi düşünemezsin! En iyi düşünceler yalnızlığın alacakaranlığında bizi ziyaret ederler!”
“You can’t think well while people are around you! Best thoughts visit us in the twilight of solitude!”
“Latince bir deyiş şöyle der: De mortuis nil nisi bonum, ölüler hakkında kötü konuşma! Fakat şu şekilde söylemek daha iyidir: Yaşayanlar hakkında gerçeği konuş, ölüler hakkında gerçeği konuş!”
“A Latin phrase says: De mortuis nil nisi bonum, Speak no ill of the dead. But it is better to say this way: Speak the truth of the living and speak the truth of the dead!”
“Birisi seni eleştirdiğinde mutlu ve müteşekkir ol, çünkü sana mesele üzerinde daha kesin ve daha ayrıntılı düşünme fırsatını vermişlerdir!”
“When somebody criticise you, be happy and thankful because they have given you an opportunity to think about the matter more precisely and more detailed!”
“Bir fikri sıkıca tutma! İnandığın şeyin yanlış olma ihtimali her zaman vardır. Fikirlerini gevşekçe tut, böylece onların yanlış olduklarını anladığın anda o fikirlerden kolayca kurtulabilirsin!”
“Do not hold an idea tightly! There is always a possibility that what you believe might be wrong! Hold your ideas loosely so that you can easily get rid of them once you have realised that they are wrong!”
“Eğer çok övgüye değer ve çok azizce bir şey yapmak istiyorsan, bir çocuğu mutlu et!”
“If you want to do something very praiseworthy and very saintly, make a child happy!”
“Bırak bir çocuğun saflığı ve masumiyeti senin tek ve biricik dinin olsun!”
“Let the purity and innocence of a child be your one and only religion!”
“Bizim için güzel bir kuş, güzel bir kuştur; bir böcek içinse, güzel bir kuş çirkin bir düşmandır!”
“For us, a pretty bird is a pretty bird; for an insect, pretty bird is an ugly enemy!”
“Küçük akıllar meseleleri şiddet ve karanlıkla çözmeye çalışırlar; büyük akıllar meseleleri sevgi ve ışıkla çözmeye çalışırlar!”
“Little minds try to solve the matters through violence and darkness; great minds try to solve the matters through love and light!”
“Cehaletini gizleme, çünkü biri sana yardım edebilir! Gizlemek her zaman sorunları uzatır.”
“Do not hide your ignorance, because somebody might help you! Hiding always prolongs the problems.”
“Pek çok kozmik ve dünyasal nedenden dolayı bir gün gezegenimizi muhakkak ki kaybedeceğiz! O kara gün gelinceye dek, derin sevgimizi aziz dünyamıza verelim!”
“Due to many cosmic and worldly reasons, we will surely lose our planet one day! Till that dark day comes, let us give our profound affection to our beloved earth!”
“Karşılıklı yardımlaşma yoluyla, gayrimümkün sözcüğünden ‘gayri’ öneki çoğu kez yok edilebilir!”
“Through helping one another, you can often eliminate the prefix ‘im’ from the word impossible!”
“Eğer hayatı çok seversen, göreceksin ki her şey ışıldayacak, her şey parıldayacaktır!”
“If you love the life very much, you will see that everything will be shining, everything will be sparkling!”
“Her insanın düşünmek için sakin bir yeri olmalıdır. Eğer böyle bir yerin yoksa bir tane bulmalısın!”
“Every man must have a peaceful place to contemplate. If you do not have such a place, you must find one!”
“Eğer Shakespeare’in Hamlet’ini henüz okumadıysan, edebiyatın zirvesine henüz çıkmadın demektir!”
“If you haven’t read Shakespeare’s Hamlet yet, it means that you haven’t reached the summit of the literature yet!”
“Doğanın gücü, insanın gücüyle her zaman alay edebilir!”
“The power of nature can make fun of the power of man at any time!”
“Cesareti olmayan bir adam, donmuş göldeki bir kayıktır! Korkularından kurtul!”
“A man without courage is a boat in a frozen lake! Get rid of your fears!”
“Gökyüzüne baktığımızda iki şey görürüz: Uzayın güzelliği ve insanlığın geleceği!”
“When we look at the sky, we see two things: The beauty of the space and the future of the humanity!”
“Doğadaki en güzel buse Romeo ve Juliet arasındaki değil ölen bir sonbahar yaprağıyla parlak bir su damlacığı arasındakidir!”
“The best kiss in nature is not between Romeo and Juliet, but it is between a dying autumn leaf and a shiny water drop!”
“Büyük bir irade için, hiçbir yolun uzunluğu yoktur!”
“For a great willpower, no road has length!”
“Kırlarda özgürce yürüyelim, tıpkı belirli bir amacı olmadan günbatımına doğru sükûnetle yürüyen bir at gibi!”
“Let us freely walk in the countryside, like a horse peacefully walking towards sunset without any particular purpose!”
“Çok akıllı bir adamı bir dâhinin yanına koyun, parlaklığı hemen matlığa dönüşecektir.”
“Put a very clever man next to a genius, his brightness will immediately turn to dullness!”
“Açık havada çalışmak bir sihirdir! Seni kuşatan duvarlardan yorulduysan, kendini iyileştirmek için tarlalarda çalış!”
“Working in an open air is a magic! If you are tired of the walls surrounding you, work in the fields to heal yourself!”
“Eğer iyilik yaparsan, iyilik adına yap, bir din adına yapma! Bütün iyilikler isimsiz olmalıdır!”
“If you do goodness, do it in the name of goodness, not in the name of a religion! All goodnesses should be nameless!”