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 Ecclesiastes of the Old Testament says there is no new thing under the sun. We can also say there is no new thing above the sun!”
“To be forgotten is not something horrible; not to be remembered ever again is something horrible!”
“Inside a crowd, you have no right to complain about the crowdedness, because you are already a part of it!”
“Human mind can grasp everything in the universe, but it cannot change everything!”
“Science says that there are many more universes apart from ours. In that case, even when we think universally, we still think locally!”
“The demands of the science, of the ethics and of the reason are superior to the demands of the people!”
“In literature, you either create a classical or create a foam! There is no in between!”
“Moments fly, memories remain; and then memories fly, only memoirs remain and finally memoirs disappear, nothing remains!”
“History never recorded this phrase: ‘The Mass of Wise.’ Because the wise is not too abundant to form masses!”
“A night without stars is a night wasted.”
“How close we can approach the land of happiness with the heavy shackles on our feet of injustice permeated deeply into every corner?”
“We can’t always expect great things from great men; but we must always expect little things from little men!”
“We must often visit yesterday to see how lucky or unlucky we are today!”
“Unless man anchors the real love, man will always drift in the middle of nowhere!”
“When you make something fetish, ashes and dusts will laugh at you, because they know even the most valuable fetishes will turn into dusts and ashes!”
“When you see the flower of happiness on your way, don’t take it immediately; sit and watch it and realise how rare it is!”
“The key to success is not to seek for a particular key to success!”
“History respects revolutions; and yet, if a revolution is progressive, support it; if it is reactionary, resist it!”
“Show me a clever nation; then I will show you a clever government!”
“Enemies of art are the opposite of the Sun; they emit darkness instead of light!”
“Peace of mind! All we need is peace of mind!”
“No coward can be the friend of the truth! Cowards have always been the friends of lies!”
“When the wind stops, kite falls but bird flies; because bird did not borrow the wind when rising!”
“Sword and fist are the instruments of primitive; non-violence is the instrument of developed man!”
“Any religion with a sword is not a religion; it is merely an army of assassins! A real man of God carries only flowers in his hands!”
“How very much horrible would it be, if achieving everything was so easy! We bear life because there is struggle!”
“Şehirdeki sabah gerçek bir sabah değildir; çobanın sabahı, işte gerçek sabah odur!”
“Morning in the city is not a real morning; morning of the shepherd, that is the real morning!”
“İyilik, aşk ya da merhamet gibi bütün büyük hisler yerçekimini yok ederler ve böylece kanatsız insan bir kuş gibi yükselir.”
“All the great feelings like goodness, love or compassion eliminate the gravity and thus the wingless man rises like a bird.”
“Bilinene seyahat edemezsin; çünkü bütün seyahatler geleceğe doğrudur ve gelecek bilinmeyendir!”
“You cannot travel to the known; because all travels are towards the future and the future is unknown!”
“Eğer cennet içindeyse, gittiğin her yerde cenneti bulacaksın!”
“If heaven is within you, everywhere you go you will find heaven!”
“Eğer bilim uykuyu yok edebilirse, yaşamak için daha fazla ve rüyalar için hiç zamanımız olmayacaktır. Fakat yaşamak rüyadan üstündür çünkü o gerçektir!”
“If science can eliminate sleep, we will have more time to live and no time for the dreams. But living is superior to the dream because it is real!”
“Bir Yunan atasözü zamanından önce söylenen bir gerçeğin tehlikeli olduğunu söyler. Bu düşünceyi önemseme; her yerde her zaman gerçeği söyle! Bırak tehlikeli olsun!”
“A Greek proverb says that a truth spoken before its time is dangerous. Ignore this thought; tell the truth everywhere and anytime! Let it be dangerous!”
“Gerçek her yerde dolaşır, fakat özellikle ve sıklıkla sessizlikte dolaşır. Onunla buluşmak için sen de sessizlikte dolaş.”
“Truth wanders everywhere, but especially and frequently, it wanders in the silence. To meet with it, you wander in the silence too.”
“Nerede kuşlar varsa, orada umut vardır.”
“Wherever there are birds, there is hope.”
“Başarının sırrı şu basit cümlede yatar: Neden olmasın?”
“The secret of success lies in this simple sentence: Why not?”
“İyi bir adam olmanın ilk adımı şudur: Başkasının taşıdığı taşların ağırlığını derinden hissetmelisin.”
“The first step to be a good man is this: You must deeply feel the burden of the stones someone else carrying.”
“Önemli değil yol biterse eğer; başka bir yol bul!”
“It does matter not if the road ends; find another road!”
“Başlangıçta bütün yollar sonsuz görünürler, ama öyle değildirler!”
“At the beginning, all roads seem endless; but they are not!”