Haydar Ergülen

Haydar Ergülen (born 14 October 1956, in Eskişehir, Turkey) is a Turkish poet., he graduated from the Sociology Department at Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi (Middle East Technical University) in Ankara.

After graduation from the university, he worked as an advertising copywriter. His first poetry book was published in 1981. As of 2020, his 17 poetry, 28 essay books have been published. Among his published poetry books are: ''Sokak Prensesi'' (''Street Princess''/1991), ''Eskiden Terzi'' (''Once a Tailor''), ''40 Şiir ve Bir'' (''40 Poems and One''/1997), ''Karton Valiz'' (''Cardboard Suitcase''/1999).

With ''40 Poems and One'', Ergülen won the 1997 "Behçet Necatigil Poetry Award" as well as the "Orhon Murat Arıburnu Poetry Award". His "''Once a Tailor''" brought him the 1996 "Halil Kocagöz Poetry Award".

For some of his books, he used the pen name "Hafız". Provided by Wikipedia