AYCI, Mehmet

Poet (b. 3 May 1971, Değirmenciuşağı village / Saimbeyli / Adana). He finished primary school in his village (1983), secondary school in Kozan (1987). He graduated from Eskişehir State Railways Vocational School (1990), Anadolu University, Faculty of Economy (1996). He is working as a consultant of press, publication and public relations at the General Directorate of State Railways in Ankara. He is a member of Writers Union of Türkiye and the Musical Work Owners Society of Türkiye. He speaks Persian.

His first work was published the newspaper Yeni Hür Söz in 1990. From 1990 to the present, many of his poems and articles have been published in the reviews such as Adıyok, Aşiyan, Avaz, Ay Vakti, Bağrıyanık, Bakış, Bay (Yugoslavia), Baykuş, Berceste, Bizim Külliye, Çerağ, Çınar, Dergâh, Dergibi, Düş Çınarı, Edebistan, Edebi Pankart, Endülüs, Erciyes,Gerçek Hayat, Güneysu, Harman, Hazan, Hayat Ağacı, Hece, İkindi Yazıları, Jurnal, Kalem ve Onur, Karçiçeği, Kertenkele, Kılavuz, Kırağı, Kırkayak/Kırklar, Kırkikindi, Kitap Postası, Kökler, Kum Yazıları, Lika, Martı, Mina, Mostar, Palandöken, Patlıcan, Rail Life, Rayiha, Ruzigar, Sabır, Seviye, Seyir (Şanlıurfa), Seyir (Van), Sühan, Şafak (Western Thrace), Şardağı,Tasfiye, Taşra Edebiyat, Tepe, Türk Edebiyatı, Ülke, Ünlem, Varide, Virgül, Yalnız Ardıç, Yansıma, Yedi İklim, Yeni Dergi, Yeni Kuşak, Yeni Sıla, Yitik Düşler, Yolcu. He wrote weekly articles in the newspaper Sağduyu for a while. He won third rank in the competition on the subject of Bosnia organized by the newspaper Türkiye in 1993 and in the M. Akif İnan Poetry competition organized by the Municipality of Urfa in 1999.

WORKS:

POETRY: Mor Kitap (Purple Book, 1997), Aşk Bir Deniz Rüyası (Love is a Sea Dream, 1999).

ESSAY: Serkisof Ahbabım Olur (Serkisof is My Friend, 2005).

REVIEW-RESEARCH: Nasreddin Hoca (Nasreddin Hoca, 2004), Demiryoluna Hızlandırılmış İnfaz (The Speedy Implementation of the Railroad, 2004), Nasrettin Hoca Fıkraları (Anecdotes of Nasreddin Hoca, with Ş. Çağlar, 2005).