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
“The wisdom of the Moon is greater than the wisdom of the Earth, because the Moon sees the universe closer than the Earth can see it!”
“On the road to truth, only those who do not know what tiredness and fear means reach the truth!”
“Trenler, arabalar ve her çeşit araçlar yalnızca insanları taşımazlar, insanların ağır düşüncelerini ve gizli umutsuzluklarını da taşırlar.”
“Trains, cars and every kind of vehicles do not only carry people, but they also carry people’s heavy thoughts and hidden hopelessnesses.”
“Eğer bir demiryolu eğri büğrüyse, tren devrilecektir; eğer bir adamın karakteri eğri büğrüyse, tıpkı o tren gibi devrilecektir.”
“If a railroad is bent, the train shall turn over; if a man’s character is bent, he shall turn over just like that train.”
“Hakikatin sokaklarında güçbelâ birini görebilirsin.”
“Hardly you can see someone on the streets of truth.”
“Set your affection to infinity and your hate to zero!”
“Avoid the man without compassion, because he ain’t a man surely!”
“Nature is the line; those who are under it, we call them as man; above it, we call them as God!”
“Surprise is the tool of the Devil and it is the greatest power of the evil forces!”
“Death is not a mystery; it is very simple and clear! It is the life which is the complex and the mystic one!”
“One is greater than two amongst three men where only one of them is intelligent!”
“A locked big door always kneels down in front of its little key! Every giant has a weak side!”
“Gençlikte en büyük başarı, dünyayı yaşlı insanların gözlerinden görmek ve onların hissettiklerini aynen hissetmektir.”
“In youth, the greatest success is to see the world from the eyes of the aged people and to feel exactly how they feel.”
“Even just seconds ahead is unknown; even just seconds after is open to infinite possibilities.”
“Tragedy is not the second face of the life; but it is the very first face of it!”
“Sometimes we walk away from our big dreams; but then, this time our big dreams don’t let us to go away!”
“If you believe in existence, you will refuse to be a hero!”
“We are living in a ‘one morning’ world; we get up one morning and many things have changed! Tomorrow morning, there will be another ‘one morning!”
“There can be no real fight between a tiger and a chicken; between the love and the man; between the strong and the weak!”
“Fools are the gift of the God to glorify the wise!”
“Every time you warm yourself in front of a hot coal stove, remember the coal miners in the cold dark corridors and pray for them!”
“My friends, I like them; my morals, I like them more!”
“When you hear a word, think about it, no matter how dull it sounds! Because on the second thought, it may sound very clever!”
“The most beautiful springs are those that come after the most horrible winters!”
“Nietzsche says God is dead. Probably now God says Nietzsche is dead! The one that will die is religion, not the God! God will always live!”
“Victory is a good wine; defeat is a good university!”
“Don’t be too optimistic while you are tied to a railway when the train is coming; it won’t be helpful for the solution!”
“A little spoon for a cup of soup teaches to be patient; and the big one, to be greedy!”
“We love our country, not because it is perfect in everything, but it manages to touch our heart despite all its imperfections in everything!”
“We like rain if the sun comes after it; we like night if the day comes after it; we like everything conditionally! We are conditional people!”
“If there is a media in a country which deceives its own people, that country needs no other enemy!”
“Eğer bir ülkede kendi insanlarını kandıran bir medya varsa, o ülkenin başka bir düşmana ihtiyacı yoktur.”
“Mutluluk yolunun kıymetini gerçekten bilmek için mutsuzluk yolunu yürümeliyiz.”
“We must walk the path of sadness in order to appreciate truly the path of happiness.”
“In our present universe, many things are empty stories; amongst all these meaningless stories, love is less meaningless story than others!”
“Nobody is born as a teacher and only a few die as a teacher!”
“Everything is winged in this universe, even a rock! When the time comes, rock crumbles into tiny pieces and starts flying in the air!”
“Everyone is the student of someone! No one is born as a teacher!”
“Chuck Palahniuk asked which is worse: Hell or nothing. Here is my answer: Of course nothing! Because even in Hell, there is hope!”
“Life is a struggle to elevate ourselves from nobody to somebody, not ever knowing the secret beauties of being nobody!”
“Give your freedom to someone or to something and then look at yourself what have you got? I tell you, you’ve got nothing left!”
“Man is never out of range of surprises!”
“Freedom is the only real doctor of the sick slaves; and a good conscience, of the ill masters!”
“Man must have fires in his life: Fire of love; fire of work; fire of doing kindness... Without fires, man is just a cold rock!”
“In all countries, most of the time, official spokesman and official liar are the same thing!”
“If you are happy, don’t analyse your happiness, don’t ask questions and don’t even think about it; just live it to the fullest!”