Ahmet Selçuk İlkan (born 26 October 1955) is a Turkish poet and songwriter.

Life

After high school, İlkan went to

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to study architecture and engineering. Later he developed an interest in poetry and enrolled in the Faculty of Language and Literature of

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Published works

Books

* ''Ayrılıkların Şairi (Poet of Breakups)'' * ''Yakılacak Şiirler (Poems That Will Be Burned)'' * ''Adım Yalnızlık Benim (My Name Is Loneliness)'' * ''Gitmeler Bana Kaldı (Stay By Me)'' * ''Bir Gülü Sevdim (I Loved a Rose)'' * ''Erkekler Hep Yalnız Ağlar (Men Always Cry Alone)''

Albums

* ''Mum Işığında (Ayten)'', 1982 * ''Şiir Gözlüm (Fahriye Abla)'', 1984 * ''Bak Bir Erkek Ağlıyor'', 1986 * ''Bir Beyaz Karanfil'', 1988 * ''O Adam Benim'', 1990 * ''Seni Arıyorum (Allah Kahretsin)'', 1992 * ''Şairler Ağlamaz'', 1997 * ''Ayrılıkların Şairi (Sen Vurdun da Ben Ölmedim mi)'', 2000 * ''Yakılacak Adam'', 2002 * ''Unutmaktan Geliyorum (Senin Adın Yalan Olsun)'', 2004 * ''Seni O Kadar Çok Sevdim Ki (Kanatsa Da İçimi)'', 2011

Awards

İlkan's poem "Do you remember?" won first prize in a poetry competition sponsored by ''

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'' magazine in 1975

References

1955 births Living people Turkish poets Turkish songwriters Istanbul University alumni {{Turkey-writer-stub