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 dust cannot fight against the wind; the wind cannot fight against the mountain. Everything and everyone has a battle to lose!”
“O que você fez pela ciência hoje? Pare de fazer coisas por Deus, ele se intitula todo-poderoso, não precisa de você. Faça algo pela ciência, pelo amor de Deus!”
“What have you done for science today? Stop doing things for God! He doesn't need anything. Do something for science, for God's sake!”
“Você constrói mil castelos, mil santuários, você não é nada; você constrói uma biblioteca, você é tudo”
“You build a thousand castles, a thousand sanctuaries, you are nothing; you build a library, you are everything!”
“Divorce is a fire exit. When a house is burning, it doesn’t matter who set the fire. If there is no fire exit, everyone in the house will be burned!”
“태양의 고마움을 느끼려면 광부가 되고, 육지의 소중함을 느끼려면 선원이 되라. 그리고 자유의 고마움을 느끼려면 결혼하라!”
“If you want to appreciate the Sun, be a miner; to value the land, be a sailor and to long for freedom, get married!”
“Ni symudwn gyda'n coesau a'n breichiau, ond gyda dewrder a hunan ddisgyblaeth.”
“We don't move with our legs and arms, but with courage and will power.”
“Dos divinidades hay en el universo: Dios y la imaginación. Ambos pueden diseñar y plasmar infinitas creaciones.”
“There are two gods in this universe: God and Imagination. Both of them can design and create infinite creations.”
“Die paadjie na geluk was nog nooit reguit nie, maar tog is die die enigste pad wat die moeite werd is om te reis, maak nie saak hoe krom en vol struikelblokke dit is nie.”
“The road to happiness has never been a straight one, and yet, it is the only road worth travelling, no matter how curvy or rocky it is!”
“Slonovi ne znaju nistA o svijetu mrAvA, plAninski vrhovi ne poznAju zivot rAvnice.”
“Elephants don’t know anything about the world of ants; the peaks of mountains are oblivious of what is happening on the plains!”
“Vatra je duh svijeće, a iskrenost je duh čovjeka. Bez duha neće biti svjetlosti, već samo tama.”
“Forest who is in love with fire will wear black wedding gown in her wedding.”
“Let the dogs bark, the wolves howl, the lightnings flash and the crows caw, you continue doing your job!”
“The more peaceful you are, the more beautiful your face becomes; the more violent you are, the uglier your face becomes!”
“Open the curtains of your mind, my friend; let the world know who you are! Do not hide your ideas; set them free, let them free! Open the curtains! Feel no fear! If there is truth in your ideas, you become invincible!”
“When the autumn meets the tranquillity, there you can see the King of the Sceneries!”
“Good manners open the closed doors; bad manners close the open doors!”
“Every time you go to the zoo, you prolong the captivity of the animals there! If no one goes to the zoos, there will be no zoos! Destroying the evil is very simple and it is in your hand!”
“You cannot do anything good for a dead man! Whatever goodness you want to do for him, do it when he is alive!”
“A predetermined destiny does not exist; when a man is born, his life is open to all the possibilities; in other words, potentially, man has infinitely different destinies! All destinies are his probable destiny!”
“Something reduces the speed of the world and that something is stupidity! Stupidity is a boring friction!”
“Mt. Everest of Earth is 8.8 km tall; Mt. Olympus of Mars is 22 km tall. Every time you see a giant, you must know that that giant might be just a dwarf somewhere else!”
“They say martyrdom is the highest rank a believer can achieve! Do not believe in this! The highest rank is the life itself, it is the existence itself! There is no rank in death, but only nothingness! Rank exists only in life! Stick to the life, stay away from death! Neither kill nor die!”
“Little details have special talents in creating big problems!”
“Magic of the nights is always much impressive than the magic of the days! ~”
“A little happy house is the strongest castle in this whole universe!”
“Archimedes once said that ‘Give me where to stand, and I will move the earth.’ There is a much more difficult task than this: To try to lift an ignorant up from where he stands, because he is heavily chained to the stupidity!”
“In winter, you fed the birds; and in summer, do the same thing! In winter, you gave them bread; and in summer, give them water!”
“When the wisdom speaks, be quite and listen! When the stupidity speaks, stand up and leave!”
“Hate is your enemy; you must defeat it! Anger is your enemy; you must defeat it! Violence is your enemy; you must defeat it! Death is your enemy; you must defeat it! Know well your real enemies!”
“To use violence against a peaceful man is the greatest immorality and the biggest rot ever!”
“Time will come and some people will be proud of themselves that they have never believed in any religion! This honour will be belonging to the clever people of the society only! For the others, merely the deep shame will remain!”
“Are you a stupid sheep in the flock or a free eagle in the sky? Look at the mirror, what are you? Are you some dullish cattle in the herd or a wise owl in the forest? Look at the mirror, what are you?”
“In an ignorant country, everything will try to drag you down! Stay firm, aim at the stars, keep going up and drag up the people who are trying to drag you down!”
“If you ever get a high official position in your country, you must see the interests of the humanity much more important than the interests of your own country; only then you will deserve to be called a great man!”
“If you want to call a man to account, don’t do it when he is weak; call him to account when he is strong! Cowards choose the first way and the valiant choose the second way.”
“A body without wine is like a dessert without sugar. A pale woman can only be coloured with lipstick and rouge, and a pale man can only be coloured with wine!”
“My dear Tartini, one’s life is so sweet and precious that even honey tastes like salt in comparison!”
“Women are like the fish in the sea, they are the ones who give life to the sea, that make the sea joyful.”
“They say ‘Wine is Satan’s falcon,’ apparently he uses it in hunting men!”
“One of the most tragicomic things in life is that when a man makes an imaginary thing – such as a religion – as his own flag and carries it all his life and even dies for it! An intelligent man has only one flag: Flag of reason and science!”
“Thanks to the night, we long for the day; thanks to the day, we long for the night! The purpose of the opposites is to make us long for something! Thanks to the crowds, we long for the solitude; thanks to the solitude, we long for the crowds!”
“Yesterday, we needed justice; today, we need justice; tomorrow, we will need justice! Justice is our eternal need”
“When you are grateful to the rain, do not forget also the clouds! When appreciating something, be fair enough also to appreciate the sources that created it!”