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İskender Pala (born June 8, 1958, in Uşak, Turkey) is a Turkish Ottoman Divan Poetry Professor and author of best seller novels. He also writes column in Turkish daily newspaper Zaman <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zaman.com.tr/yazar.do?yazarno=1040 |title=Zaman Online İskender Pala Column (in Turkish) |language={{tr icon}} |publisher=Zaman.com.tr |date= |accessdate=2011-11-30}}</ref>.
İskender Pala (born June 8, 1958, in Uşak, Turkey) is a Turkish Ottoman Divan Poetry Professor and author of best seller novels. He also writes column in Turkish daily newspaper Zaman <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zaman.com.tr/yazar.do?yazarno=1040 |title=Zaman Online İskender Pala Column (in Turkish) |language={{tr icon}} |publisher=Zaman.com.tr |date= |accessdate=2011-11-30}}</ref>.


İskender Pala graduated from [http://www.istanbul.edu.tr/english/ İstanbul University] [http://www.istanbul.edu.tr/english/letters.php Faculty of Letters] Turkish Language and Literature Department in 1979. He entered Turkish Navy as a lieutenant in 1982 and taught Turkish Literature in Naval Schools and Boğaziçi University. In 1987 he established Turkish Navy Archives. He oversaw classification and restoration of many documents dated from the times of the Ottoman Empire. He published Encyclopedic Dictionary of Divan (Ottoman) Poetry <ref> {{cite web|title=Ansiklopedik Dîvân Şiiri Sözlüğü|publisher=Google|accessdate=2011-11-30|work=Google books|date=2011|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=psYHAQAAMAAJ}} </ref> and received Writers Union of Turkey Award in 1989 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tyb.org.tr/tyb-odulleri/1981-1990-yillari-arasi |title=Writers Union of Turkey Awards between 1981 -1990 |publisher=Tyb.org.tr |date= |accessdate=2011-11-30}}</ref>. He was discharged from the Navy without any conviction during the what is called now[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postmodern_coup "Postmodern Coup"]. Later, he wrote a book about his life in Navy and his discharge, called "Between Two Coups" referring to military coup in 1980 and 1997 military memorandum in Turkey. He said that the reason for his discharge was his practicing İslam in his private life <ref> {{cite news|work=[[Today's Zaman]]|title=Writer Pala says military interferes with private lives of its members|author=Yonca Poyraz Doğan|date=2010-02-22|url=http://www.todayszaman.com/newsDetail_getNewsById.action?load=detay&link=202199}}</ref>.
İskender Pala graduated from [http://www.istanbul.edu.tr/english/ İstanbul University] [http://www.istanbul.edu.tr/english/letters.php Faculty of Letters] Turkish Language and Literature Department in 1979. He entered Turkish Navy as a lieutenant in 1982 and taught Turkish Literature in Naval Schools and Boğaziçi University. In 1987 he established Turkish Navy Archives. He oversaw classification and restoration of many documents dated from the times of the Ottoman Empire. He published Encyclopedic Dictionary of Divan (Ottoman) Poetry <ref> {{cite web|title=Ansiklopedik Dîvân Şiiri Sözlüğü|publisher=Google|accessdate=2011-11-30|work=Google books|date=2011|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=psYHAQAAMAAJ}} </ref> and received Writers Union of Turkey Award in 1989 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tyb.org.tr/tyb-odulleri/1981-1990-yillari-arasi |title=Writers Union of Turkey Awards between 1981 -1990 |publisher=Tyb.org.tr |date= |accessdate=2011-11-30}}</ref>. He was discharged from the Navy without any conviction during the what is called now[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postmodern_coup "Postmodern Coup"]. Later, he wrote a book about his life in Navy and his discharge, called "Between Two Coups" referring to military coup in 1980 and 1997 military memorandum in Turkey. He said that the reason for his discharge was his practicing İslam in his private life <ref> {{cite news|work=[[Today's Zaman]]|title=Writer Pala says military interferes with private lives of its members|author=Yonca Poyraz Doğan|date=2010-02-22|url=http://www.todayszaman.com/newsDetail_getNewsById.action?load=detay&link=202199}}</ref>.

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İskender Pala
Bornİskender Pala
(1958-06-08) June 8, 1958 (age 66)
Uşak, Turkey
OccupationNovelist, Writer
NationalityTurkish
Alma materİstanbul University
İstanbul Kültür University
Uşak University
Period1982-present
GenreHistorical
Referance
Historical Romance
Website
http://www.iskenderpala.net/en/

İskender Pala (born June 8, 1958, in Uşak, Turkey) is a Turkish Ottoman Divan Poetry Professor and author of best seller novels. He also writes column in Turkish daily newspaper [1] [1].

İskender Pala graduated from İstanbul University Faculty of Letters Turkish Language and Literature Department in 1979. He entered Turkish Navy as a lieutenant in 1982 and taught Turkish Literature in Naval Schools and Boğaziçi University. In 1987 he established Turkish Navy Archives. He oversaw classification and restoration of many documents dated from the times of the Ottoman Empire. He published Encyclopedic Dictionary of Divan (Ottoman) Poetry [2] and received Writers Union of Turkey Award in 1989 [3]. He was discharged from the Navy without any conviction during the what is called now"Postmodern Coup". Later, he wrote a book about his life in Navy and his discharge, called "Between Two Coups" referring to military coup in 1980 and 1997 military memorandum in Turkey. He said that the reason for his discharge was his practicing İslam in his private life [4].

Early life and education

Marriage and family

Career

Works

Encyclopedic Dictionary of Divan (Ottoman) Poetry (1989)


References

  1. ^ "Zaman Online İskender Pala Column (in Turkish)" (in Template:Tr icon). Zaman.com.tr. Retrieved 2011-11-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  2. ^ "Ansiklopedik Dîvân Şiiri Sözlüğü". Google books. Google. 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-30.
  3. ^ "Writers Union of Turkey Awards between 1981 -1990". Tyb.org.tr. Retrieved 2011-11-30.
  4. ^ Yonca Poyraz Doğan (2010-02-22). "Writer Pala says military interferes with private lives of its members". Today's Zaman.