Ruşen Hakkı

Ruşen Hakkı, who was born in Kütahya on July 21, 1936, is a journalist, poet and writer who graduated from the Kütahya Men's Art Institute and completed the Title Deed Course opened in Istanbul. He stepped into the world of literature with his first poem, "On the Road", published in the "Yeşilay" magazine in 1954.

In the following years, he brought his poems, stories and book reviews to the readers in many literary magazines such as "Türk Dili", "Yeni Ufuklar", "Soyut", "Varlık", "Yeditepe", "South", "Dost", "Yansıma", "Yeni Adımlar" and "Kıyı", as well as in the newspapers "Milliyet", "Yeni Ortam" and "Kocaeli". He wrote daily columns in the "Özgür Kocaeli Newspaper" published in Izmit for many years and sometimes wrote "Torun Balıkçı" and "R.H." He also used pseudonyms.

Hakkı, who won the Yunus Nadi Award in 2006 with his poetry book Evening on the Balcony, has won many awards in the fields of poetry and short stories and has published many poetry and story books. All of his works were published by "Real Art Publications"; “Bridge” in 1962, “Round Table Session” in 1964, “The Wistful Birds of Sorrow” in 1968, “Etching” in 1974, “Flint Kav Spark” in 1980, “From My Caneviden” in 1989, “Love in Production” in 1999.

He wrote the poetry books "With Your Hand - Dress the Birds in a Vest", "Değirmen" in 2003, "Evening on the Balcony" in 2005 and "Turkish Songs Going Down to the Ventilation" in 2009. In the field of short stories, he published the works "The Sea at the End of the Street" in 1977, "The River" in 1979, "Sparrows and Cats" in 1990, "Guests of the City" in 1991 and "The Woman in the Garden with Freckles on Her Back" in 1996.

He contributed to children's literature with his works "My Dear Daisy" in 2000 and to the novel genre with his works "The Days When Hope Blooms" in 1991. He also shared with the readers his diaries called "From Dawn to Dawn" in 1997, "Gulf Diary" in 2003 and "Spots on the Sun" in 2005.

Ruşen Hakkı has been an active member of organizations such as the Turkish Writers' Union, the Human Rights Association, the Language Association, the Press Council and the Literary Association, and has supported the freedom of the press by constantly carrying a Yellow Press Card. He died in Izmit on April 11, 2011, while he was receiving treatment for heart and kidney failure at Kocaeli University Faculty of Medicine Research and Application Hospital, and his body was buried in Kocaeli City Cemetery.