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Sennur Sezer

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Her real name is Sennur Fatma Çelik. Her first poem was published in 1958 and her first book Gecekondu in 1964. She wrote many screenplays, especially for Turkish cinema under her real name as well as under a pseudonym and contributed to the writing of various encyclopedias and anthologies. As one of the founding members of the Labour party she supported all kinds of actions by women, workers and other groups of people seeking their rights and supported the actions taken by them such as strikes. She is the spouse of writer Adnan Özyalçıner whom she married in 1967.

Life

She was born on 12 June 1943 in Eskişehir. She finished her primary education at Kadımehmet Primary School in 1953 and finished her middleschool education at Kasımpaşa middleschool in 1956.She published her first poem while she was a highschool student at Istanbul Girls High School in 1958. In 1959 she left during her second year studies at the Istanbul Girls High School and started to work at the Taşkızak Naval Shipyard. Her first book of poetry, Gecekondu, was published in 1964.

In 1965 she became an editor at Varlık Publishers, and published her second book of poems Yasak in 1966. She married Adnan Özyalçıner in 1967; they had two children. 1977’.

She wrote the lyrics Buruk Acı which was featured in the movie of the same name starring Türkan Şoray, Tanju Gürsu, and Muzaffer Tema as leads. The movie was based on the book written by Adnan Özyalçıner.

Until 1982 she worked as an editor and article writer at various publishing houses and encyclopedias.

Beginning with Günlük Evrensel and Evrensel Kültür she wrote in various magazines and newspapers, and continued to prepare the narratives for documentaries until Sezer died on 7 October 2015.

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