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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
“Dar ve kasvetli sokaklarda moralini yüksek tut!”
“In narrow and gloomy streets, keep your spirit high!”
“Eğer bir evin bahçesi yoksa bütün dünya onun bahçesi olur!”
“If a house has no garden, the whole earth becomes its garden!”
“Issız bir yerde eski bir tahta köprü altın bir köprüdür!”
“In the middle of nowhere, an old wooden bridge is a golden bridge!”
“Bir balıkçının kayığı batarken eğer bir balık bundan üzüntü duyuyorsa, işte o balık paha biçilmez bir hazineye sahiptir: Merhamet! Merhametli ol, düşmanlarına bile!”
“If a fish feels sad when a fisherman’s boat is sinking, and that fish owns a priceless treasure: The compassion! Have compassion, even for your enemies!”
“Sabah güneş harika bir şekilde parıldadığında, zihnimizdeki gölgeler bile kaçmaya başlarlar!”
“When the sun shines wondrously in the morning, even the shadows in our mind start running away!”
“Sıcak kalpli bir adam, şiddetli bir kışın ortasındaki sıcacık bir evden farksızdır!”
“A man with a warm heart is no different than a warm house in the middle of a bitter winter!”
“Sana duymak istemediğin bir şey söyleyeceğim: Sonbahar çirkindir! Ölen yapraklara bak! Ölümde güzellik yok! Ölüm her zaman çirkindir! Sonbaharın güzelliği yalnızca bir yanılsama, dostum! Uyan ve gerçek hakikati gör! Ağlayan yaprakları gör!”
“I will tell you something that you don’t want to hear: Autumn is ugly! Look at the dying leaves! There is no beauty in dying! Death is always ugly! The beauty of autumn is just an illusion, my friend! Wake up and see the real truth! See the crying leaves!”
“Her sabah binlerce fırsat getirir ve binlerce tehlike de! Hayat bütün olasılıklara açıktır, insanın hayal bile edemeyeceği kadar!”
“Every morning brings thousands of opportunities; and thousands of perils too! Life is open to all the possibilities that a man can not even imagine!”
“Ruh yoktur, sadece bilinç vardır - insanın sahip olduğu en yüksek şey! Bilinci kaybetmek ölmek demektir! Ölüm bir kapı değildir; bilincimiz gittiğinde her şey gider! Yalnızca varoluş kapılara sahiptir! Yalnızca yaşam sana kapılar sunar! Kendini yalnızca hayattayken kurtarabilirsin, sonrasında değil çünkü sonrası yoktur! Kurtuluş için ilk adım bu basit gerçeği bilmektir!”
“There is no soul; there is only consciousness, the highest thing man ever has! Losing the conscious means to die! Death is not a door; when our conscious is gone, all is gone! Only the existence has the doors! Only the life presents you doors! You can save yourself only when you are alive, not after because there is no after! The first step for salvation is to know this simple truth!”
“Bir melek ya da bir şeytan olmak insanın kendisine bağlıdır! Ne olmayı seçtiysen, o olursun!”
“It is up to man to be an angel or a devil! You become whatever you choose to be!”
“İnsanları şehirden ormanlara götürmek iyi bir başarıdır; fakat çok daha büyük bir başarı vardır: Ormanı insanlara, şehirlere getirmek! Cenneti cehenneme getirmek!”
“It is a good success to take people from the city to the forests; but there is a much greater success: To bring the forest to the people, to the cities! To bring heaven to the hell!”
“Yalnızca kendi kültürüne saplanırsan başka kültürlerdeki binlerce güzel şeyi kaçırırsın ve bundan da önemlisi pek çok gerçeği atlarsın!”
“If you are stuck only at your culture, you will miss thousands of good things in other cultures; and more importantly, you will miss many truths!”
“Bedenen, insan bir cücedir; zihnen, insan bir devdir!”
“Gizli güzelliklerin ve saklı gerçeklerin aşkına daha önce hiç bulunmadığın sokaklara gir!”
“Physically, man is a dwarf; mentally, man is a giant!”
“Enter the streets that you have never been to for the sake of the concealed beauties and the hidden truths!”
“Bir pencereden güzel bir manzaraya baktığında, güzel manzara da aynı pencereden sana bakar! Fakat pencere ise hem sana hem de manzaraya bakar! Bilge adam penceredir; o her yere bakar!”
“When you look at a beautiful view from a window, the beautiful view also looks at you from the same window! But the window looks at both you and the view! Wise man is the window itself; he looks at everywhere!”
“Kış, ölüdür; ilkbahar, çılgındır; yaz, neşelidir ve sonbahar bilgedir!”
“Winter is dead; spring is crazy; summer is cheerful and autumn is wise!”
“İlerlemenin dostu olmak istiyorsan, korkunun düşmanı ol!”
“If you want to be friend of progression, be the enemy of fear!”
“Çiçekler, sıradan bir yeri büyülü bir saraya dönüştürmekte en büyük yeteneğe sahiptirler!”
“Flowers have the greatest talent in converting an ordinary place into a magical palace!”
“Şehrinin sokakları için güzel bir kar yağışı dilerken, evsizler için de sıcak bir ev dilemeyi unutma!”
“While wishing a beautiful snowing for the streets of your city, do not forget also to wish a warm house for the homeless!”
“Akıllı güzel bir göl, hiçbir zaman ünlü olmayı arzulamaz çünkü ün onu kirletir! Saf kalmak için, kendini şöhretten uzakta tut!”
“A wise beautiful lake never desires to be famous, because fame dirty it! To remain pure, distance yourself from the reputation!”
“Pek çok fırtınayı yaşamış bir adam ya sakinliğe tapacaktır ya da sakinlikten nefret edecektir!”
“Man who has lived through so many storms will either worship the tranquillity or will detest it!”
“Sokaklarda amaçsızca dolaş, bu iyi bir meditasyondur! Ormanlarda amaçsızca dolaş, bu iyi bir meditasyondur!”
“Walk aimlessly in the streets; this is a good meditation! Walk aimlessly in the forests; this is a good meditation!”
“Gelecekte hangi noktaya varırsan, bu bir mucize olacaktır! Eğer yarına ulaşırsan, bu bir mucize olacaktır! Gelecek haftaya ya da gelecek yıla ulaşırsan, bu bir mucize olacaktır! Gelecek zamandaki herhangi bir noktaya her varışın büyük bir zaferdir!”
“Whichever point you reach in the future, that will be a miracle! If you reach tomorrow, that will be a miracle! If you reach next week or next year, that will be a miracle! Your every arrival to any point in the future time is a great victory!”
“Kış zamanı! Kuşları besle! Çocuklarına kuşları beslemeyi öğret! Komşuna kuşları beslemesini rica et! Arkadaşlarını kuşları beslemesi için teşvik et!”
“It is winter time! Feed the birds! Teach your children to feed the birds! Request your neighbour to feed the birds! Encourage your friends to feed the birds!”
“Bir çiçek gibi ol; dünyaya umut ver!”
“Be like a flower, give hope to the world!”