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
“Varoluşa âşık bir adam için hayatta hiçbir şey sıradan değildir!”
“For a man who is in love with the existence, nothing is ordinary in life!”
“Zirveye vardığında göreceksin ki halen küçücüksün!”
“When you reached the summit, you will see that you are still tiny!”
“Kötü bir şey olduğunda, bu çoğu kez bazı iyi şeylerin olması için yolları açar!”
“When something bad happens, this often opens the ways for some good things to happen!”
“Kendini mutsuz hissettiğinde, gülen bir çocuğa bak, yeniden mutlu hissedeceksin!”
“When you feel yourself unhappy, look at a smiling child, you will feel happy again!”
“Kardeşine yardım et ve yardım söz konusu olduğunda herkes kardeşindir!”
“Help your brother; and as regards helping, everyone is your brother!”
“Yalnızlık bilgeliğin kapısını açar ve bilgelik de bütün kapıları açar!”
“Loneliness opens the door for wisdom and wisdom opens all the doors!”
“Biten her şey bir rüyadır. Bütün bu evren bir rüyadır.”
“Anything that ends is a dream. This whole universe is a dream.”
“Daha çok kapı açtıkça, daha çok dünya keşfedersin! Daha çok dünya keşfettikçe, daha çok kapı açılır!”
“More gates you open, more worlds you discover! More worlds you discover, more gates are opened!”
“Sessizliğin eğitiminden faydalanmak için geceleri yürüyüş yap!”
“Make walks in the nights to benefit from the education of silence!”
“Gelecek karanlık göründüğünde panikleme, çünkü gelecek henüz var olmadı; zekânı kullanarak onu her zaman aydınlığa çevirebilirsin!”
“When the future looks dark, do not panic, because future does not exist yet; by using your intelligence, you can always turn it to bright!”
“Kendine zaman harca, yalnızlıklar içinde yürü, zihnini ve vücudunu tazele ve böylece başkalarına zaman harcayabilir ve onlarla birlikte yürüyebilirsin! Kendine zaman harca!”
“Spend time for yourself, walk in solitude, refresh your mind and body so that you can spend time for others and walk with them! Spend time for yourself!”
“Sessizlik seni sıktığında, bırak müzik çalsın; müzik seni sıktığında, bırak sessizlik çalsın!”
“When the silence bores you, let the music play; when the music bores you, let the silence play!”
“Bir fikir, güneşten daha büyük olabilir, çünkü zeki bir fikirle insan başka bir güneş yaratmanın yolunu keşfedebilir! Fikir, evrendeki en büyük güçtür!”
“An idea can be greater than the Sun, because with an intelligent idea, man can discover the way to create another sun! Idea is the greatest power in this universe!”
“Zor yollar kendiliklerinden açılmazlar; zor yolları bazı cesur insanlar açarlar!”
“Hard roads are not opened by themselves; they are opened by some brave people!”
“Fikirler yalnızca başka fikirler tarafından öldürülebilirler!”
“Ideas can be killed only by other ideas!”
“Bir kiraz ağacının altında, hayatın bütün yükleri uçup gider!”
“Under a cherry tree, all burdens of life fly away!”
“Eğer zamanın ne kadar hızlı olduğunu bilmek istiyorsan, işte yanıtı: Yarın, daha şimdiden tarih olmuştur!”
“If you want to know how fast the time is, here is the answer: Tomorrow is already a history!”
“Eğer kirli büyük bir şehirde yaşıyorsan, kendini temizlemek için mutlaka pastoral bir yaşama ihtiyacın var demektir!”
“If you live in a dirty big city, it means that you surely need a pastoral life to make yourself clean!”
“Doğada hayal kurmana gerek yok çünkü zaten hayalin içindesin!”
“There is no need to dream in nature because you are already inside the dream!”
“Bir Alman, bir Yunanlı veya bir İspanyol ya da bir Japon olabilirsin fakat senin gerçek milletin bütün insanlıktır!”
“You can be a German, you can be a Greek or a Spanish or a Japanese etc, but your true nation is the whole humanity!”
“Ona dokunmayarak ve onu yalnız bırakarak daha güzel bir doğa yaratabiliriz!”
“We can create a more beautiful nature by not touching it and by leaving it alone!”
“Fırtınalar iyi arkadaştırlar çünkü bilgeliğe giden yolu aydınlatırlar!”
“Storms are good friends because they light up the way to wisdom!”
“Yardım gökyüzünde değildir; yardım senin içindedir, zihnindedir; yardım senin aklındır! Yüzünü aklına çevir, gökyüzüne değil!”
“Help is not in the sky, help is within you, in your mind; help is your reason! Turn your face to your reason not to the sky!”
“Başkalarını küçümseme, kendini küçümseme ve hiçbir şeyi küçümseme! Başkalarını gözünde büyütme, kendini gözünde büyütme ve hiçbir şeyi gözünde büyütme!”
“Do not underrate others, do not underrate yourself, and do not underrate anything! Do not overrate others, do not overrate yourself, and do not overrate anything!”
“İnsanın yarattığı gerçek bir güzellik doğanın güzelliğiyle asla yarışmaz, fakat onu mükemmel bir şekilde tamamlar!”
“The real beauty created by man never competes with the beauty of nature; but it only perfectly completes it!”