Bülent Tekin


Bülent Tekin, Kurdish poet and writer, Turkish citizen. In the 1970s he wrote two novels, a collection of “Social Poems”, and a research document on the socialism in Allende's Chile, all four of which were confiscated by the police, thus “lost” and unpublished. He contributed to Gırgır, a leading satirical journal. Tekin prepared a TV program of political analysis for Dijle TV. He is married with two children.

Childhood

He was born in the town called Derik, where he began primary school. Soon his father Abdülaziz Tekin decided to send him to a school in Mardin for a better education. Thanks to the friendship between their families, Bülent Tekin and Murathan Mungan became childhood friends. Tekin attended two years of middle school in Ankara and the third year in Çermik. He finished high school in Diyarbakır, at Ziya Gökalp Lisesi.

Literary Life

He was impressed by the stories and tales he was told in his childhood and he started to write. At Primary School he won the first prize for writing a composition, organized by the Governorship of Mardin. He began writing poems in high school. He wrote two novels at university, while also writing poetry.

Politics

In the 1970s he was an active member of Istanbul Cultural Association of Higher Education. He focussed on the Kurdish question. Due to several obstacles, he did not graduate from either the Chemistry Department or the Faculty of Law. He took place on the stage of Kurdistan Revolutinory and at the beginning of the PKK. During the mid 1970s he was active in the movement called The Voice of the Kurdistan Revolution.

Works

  • Kızıldan Sarıya,, Poetry
  • Tarih Tarih Olsun,, Poetry
  • Sevdanla Yaşayacaksan,, Poetry
  • Kral Situ’nun Hikâyesi,, Novel
  • Barışla Güzeldir Sevdam,, Poetry
  • Feyyo’nun Felsefesi,, Novel
  • Ölümü Vurmak Güneşi Öpmek,, Poetry
  • Bir Türkiye Çıkmazı,, Essays
  • Kartal Yuvası-Mardin Tarihçedir,, Historical Novel
  • Köpekleşmenin Şerefi,, Satire
  • Vatan Millet Diyarbakır,, Satire
  • Kürt Sorunu Ve Sayılmayan İsyanlar,, Analysis
  • Ana Tanrıçadan Modern Köleye, Essays