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Ahmet Yorulmaz was born in Ayvalık in 1932. He started his literary life by translating Modern Greek literature. First, he translated short stories and poems, then children’s books and novels. He also worked as a journalist in Izmir, Istanbul and Ayvalık. In 1963 he founded the Geylan Publication House. After running his publication house for 33 years, Yorulmaz retired to be able to write and translate his works. His book, Savaşın Çocukları - Girit’ten Sonra Ayvalık (Children of War - After Crete, Ayvalık) is about the compulsory population exchange between Greece and Turkey. It was recognized as the first and only novel written by a Turk about the “exchange” in a conference held at Oxford University.
Works:
Ayvalık’ı Gezerken (Strolling Through Ayvalık)
Ayvalık’ta İz Bırakanlar (Those Who Left Their Traces in Ayvalık)
Ayvalık’tan Cunda’dan (From Ayvalık and Cunda)
Girit’ten Cunda’ya (From Crete to Cunda)
Kuşaklar ya da Ayvalık Yaşantısı (Generations or Life in Ayvalık)
Portreler (Portraits)
Savaşın Çocukları - Girit’ten Sonra Ayvalık (Children of War - After Crete, Ayvalık)
Translation works:
Üçüncü Düğün Çelengi, Kostas Tahçis
Bomba Nurettin, Stratis Çirkas
Eski Tüfekler, Menis Kumandareas
Üçlü Bir Aşk Hikayesi, Vasilis Vasilikos
Eski Selanikliler, Kostas Tomanas
Konuşmayan Su - Erotik Masal, Despina Tomazani
Post Avcısı, Stratis Mirivilis
Tombik ile Zıpzıp, Ellis Aleksiyu
Öldürülenin Eli (stage play)
Mucizeler Avlusu (stage play)
Reference: wikipedia.org; .imge.com.tr; images.google.com.tr; ansiklopedi.turkcebilgi.com
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