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
“Evrensel konuştuğunda, Ay’da durarak, Güneş’te durarak, yıldızlarda durarak, evrenin her köşesinde bulunarak konuşuyorsun demektir!”
“When you speak universally, it means that you speak from the Moon, you speak from the Sun, from the stars; you speak by being in every corner of the universe!”
“Duvarlar korkudan yapılmadır; köprüler sevgiden yapılmadır!”
“Walls are made of fear; bridges are made of love!”
“Eğer hava güneşliyse, iyidir; yağmurluysa, iyidir; sisliyse, iyidir; fırtınalıysa, iyidir; çok soğuksa, iyidir; çok sıcaksa, iyidir! Zihnin pozitif tutumuyla her şey iyi olur!”
“If the weather is sunny, it is good; if the weather is rainy, it is good; if it is foggy, it is good; if it is stormy, it is good; if it is damn cold, it is good; if it is damn hot, it is good! With a positive attitude of mind, all becomes good!”
“Gökyüzü açıkken, deniz sakinken ve dolunay yükseliyorken, her ne yapıyorsan, bırak, sahile git; otur ve seyret! Ve sonrasında, düşünmenin olmadığı ülkeye varacaksın, saf bilgeliğin olduğu yere!”
“When the sky is clear, when the sea is calm and the full moon is rising, whatever you are doing, leave it; go to the seaside; sit and watch it! You will then reach the land where there is no thinking; the land of pure wisdom!”
“Eğer bir adam sana sert kışı veriyorsa, ona beklemediği bir şeyi geri ver: Ilık baharı!”
“If a man gives you a harsh winter, give him back something unexpected: The warm spring!”
“Büyük bir meraka sahip bir adam, milyonlarca yıl yaşasa bile hiç sıkılmayacaktır!”
“A man with a great curiosity will never get bored even if he lives millions years!”
“Güneş ve bilim aynıdır; battıklarında, karanlık çöküverir!”
“The Sun and the science are the same; when they set down, the darkness comes!”
“Bazen yolunu kaybedersin; bir ormanın alacakaranlığında yürürsün ve aniden eski fakat güzel bir eve rastlarsın. İşte o yosunlu eski ev iyi bir özdeyiştir! Eskidir, çünkü bilgeliğe sahiptir; güzeldir, çünkü sana bir umut verir!”
“Sometimes you lose your way; you walk in the twilight of a forest; and suddenly you see an old but a beautiful house. And that old mossy house is a good quotation! It is old because it has wisdom; it is beautiful because it gives you a hope!”
“Spring is on the way; summer is on the way; storms are on the way; wars are on the way; sorrow and happiness are on the way; they are all on the way, they are coming! Everything is on the way! Life is a highway; while we are moving on the way, all else is coming towards us! Devil is on the way; angel is on the way! Stay firm on the way!”
“To defeat all their enemies and be victorious! This is the unpreventable destiny of all the great ideas! ~”
“Silence and creativity are very close friends!”
“In the middle of the North Pole, anything hot gives the feeling like touching the hand of the God!”
“Do the things you want to do; if you don’t, the things which keep you alive inside you die and you turn into a ghost!”
“Do you want your name to live forever? You fool! Forget your name, try to save yourself! What use there is for you, if your name lives and you die? You fool!”
“Let the world know your dreams, my friend; realise them!”
“No day is an ordinary day; all days are extraordinary, because life itself is extraordinary!”
“At the point so near to zero, just almost before the death, life’s value jumps to infinity!”
“Ignorant voters of the democracies are always a great threat to the progression of humanity, simply because they give their votes to the people who look like themselves!”
“Always seek for balance in your life: If you stayed long in the darkness, walk long in the light; if you talked too much, stay silent for a good while; if you climbed the high mountains, hike long on the plains! Balance everything!”
“On the Earth, you admire the Moon; on the Moon, you admire the Earth!”
“Laws are man-made! They can be faulty, they can be childish, they can be ridiculous, they can be silly and they can even be utterly devilish! Anything man made is open to all the possibilities except perfection!”
“Looking for a saviour in the sky? Be serious! Know you still not that there ain’t any saviour but science! Get rid of your cultural craps and your religious illusions! Be realist! In this universe, only the realists have the chance to save themselves!”
“In a conservative old town, say something new and be prepared for the stones!”
“There is no need to upset about the fact that our ancestors were monkeys, because they are capable chaps! Don’t be sad about the truth, just understand the truth!”
“Since many things we see were once an idea, let us create good ideas today because they will be the realities of tomorrow! When you create an idea, do not forget that you shape the future! Idea is your God side! With ideas, you can change the universe, but only with very great ideas!”
“Biological death is only a mechanical problem, it can be solved and man can live millions of years! Do not believe in life after death! Seek for the life within the life! The medusa of Turritopsis nutricula is biologically immortal and this little creature is a big inspiration for us! He who thinks positively reaches his target!”
“If you really want to feel the life, use not your umbrella! Touch the truth directly!”
“Life is the art of finding or building a bridge with a great determination every time you come across a precipice!”
“What a crazy artist this evolution is! Watch the little cats playing; they are the crazy works of the evolution!”
“Are you feeling helpless when you think about the dark roads of the future? Then read the biographies of the great men! Learn their life stories; they will lead you to the light! Buddha will lead you to the light; Gandhi will lead you to the light! Men of wider horizons will broaden our own horizons!”
“To reach the Land of Calmness, you must pass through the Land of Storms! All heavens require hard struggling!”
“You may believe whatever you want; but the most important thing is to update your belief with the truth, with the science! Your dearest belief might be the biggest buncombe ever! Don’t be sad! Continue your road with the new truth! Everything changes!”
“People or philosophers keep saying that our fundamental objective in life is to be happy! This is wrong! Our fundamental objective in life is to exist, either happy or unhappy!”
“To think the welfare and the goodness of the next generations is indeed a good ethics, but there is much greater ethics than this: To think the welfare and the goodness of the current generations, the very people of now! The reason is simple: Future may not exist, it is only a possibility, but the people of now are not possibility, they are here!”
“If we are given a chance to go back to our youth, we won’t go back, because we cannot give up our accumulated wisdom and we cannot give up the things that belong to our time!”
“Feathers are light; but when they come together, they become heavy!”
“İnsanoğlu dünyaya odaklanmış; çoğu kere savaşlar ya da ideolojik saçmalıklar gibi aptalca şeylerle ilgileniyor! Yapması gereken şey evrene yoğunlaşmasıdır, çünkü evren, onun bütünüyle okuması, tamamen anlaması ve nihayetinde yeniden yazması gereken kozmik bir romandır!”
“İnsan enerji doludur; onu nasıl kullanacağı ona kalmıştır! Enerjini insanlara kötülük yaparak kullanabilirsin veya bilim ve sanat üretmek için kullanabilirsin! Veyahut gevezelik etmek için ya da insanları aldatmak için kullanabilirsin! İnsanlık tarihine bakarak şunu kolaylıkla söyleyebiliriz ki insan enerjisini çoğu kez aptalca şeyler için boşa harcamaktan suçludur!”
“Merhamet anları hayatın en kutsal anlarıdır.”
“İnsanlık tarihinde ‘temiz’ sıfatıyla ‘hükümet’ sözcüğü nadiren bir araya gelmiştir!”
“Eğer savaşın varoluşun içinse, sonuna kadar savaş!”
“Unutmak bir nimettir; hatırlamak bir nimettir! Unutabildiğimiz için şanslıyız; hatırlayabildiğimiz için şanslıyız!”