Cenk Enes Özer () is a Turkish novelist.
Early life and education
Cenk Enes Özer was born in December 1978. He lives in
Ankara
Ankara is the capital city of Turkey and List of national capitals by area, the largest capital by area in the world. Located in the Central Anatolia Region, central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5,290,822 in its urban center ( ...
. In 1996, he went to
Eskişehir
Eskişehir ( , ; from 'old' and 'city') is a city in northwestern Turkey and the capital of the Eskişehir Province. The urban population of the city is 821 315 (Odunpazari + Tebebasi), with a metropolitan population of 921 630.
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to do his
bachelor's degree
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in
Anadolu Üniversitesi
Anadolu University () is a public university in Eskişehir, Turkey. Anadolu University Distance Education Faculty (or Anadolu University Global Campus) serves as the national provider of distance education and is a member of the European Associa ...
. Then, he returned to Ankara after he graduated from the Department of Finance in 2000.
Career
After graduation, Özer completed his
military duty
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Few nations, such ...
and worked in different job positions until 2007 when he started his work as an author.
He published his first book "Hizmetkar kim?" in 2007 and it was the first book in a series of seven books called "Hizmetkar Serisi". Starting from 2007, Cenk Enes Özer issues a new book a year to be totally up today 9 books which have gotten interests of a large number of readers in
Turkey
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particularly from youth. "Hizmetkar Serisi" includes "Hizmetkar Kim?", "Kara Kutu Operasyonu", "Pindaros'un Kitabı", "Kılıcın Bekçileri", "Şeytan Severse", "Sinova" and "Adalia". Özer ended up his first series of novels "Hizmetkar Serisi" by the last book "Adalia" in 2013. In the beginning of 2014, "Süleyman: Piyonun Yolu" book was published for him and the fiction level of this book has fascinated lots of readers. Recently, another book was published for the author as a complementary novel for "Süleyman: Piyonun Yolu" which is named "Süleyman II: Oyunun Sonu".
Özer pays a lot of his attention to his books readers; as well, he shares in activities at schools and other institutes in
Turkey
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to spread his ideas to help and encourage the youth toward developing their creativities under saying "Why not? Don't start saying it's impossible, but asking how it can be possible."
Cenk enes özer was invited to a
TEDx
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Talk by Kılıçaslan High School in
Kayseri
Kayseri () is a large List of cities in Turkey, city in Central Anatolia, Turkey, and the capital of Kayseri Province, Kayseri province. Historically known as Caesarea (Mazaca), Caesarea, it has been the historical capital of Cappadocia since anc ...
,
Turkey
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; and on the twelfth of April 2014 he shared in that event with a motivating talk about a unique explanation of the faith sense in title: "İnancın Eşsiz Anlatımı."
Özer is busy with preparations for his new books, signing days and meeting people who are interested in his ideas. At the same time, he participates in a lot of activities to help the youth motivationally in different occasions.
Bibliography
; In
Turkish:
* ''Hizmetkar Kim?'', published: 2007, last version: October 2012, 192 pages,
* ''Kara Kutu Operasyonu'', published: 2008, last version: November 2012, 168 pages,
* ''Pindaros’un Kitabı'', published: 2009, last version: February 2012, 183 pages,
* ''Kılıcın Bekçiler'', published: 2010, last version: April 2012, 192 pages,
* ''Şeytan Severse'', published: 2011, last version: January 2012, 213 pages,
* ''Sinova'', published: 2012, last version: September 2012, 210 pages,
* ''Adalia'', published: 2013, last version: March 2013, 245 pages,
* ''SÜLEY-MAN I: Piyonun Yolu'', published: 2014, last version: March 2014, 242 pages,
* ''SÜLEY-MAN II: Oyunun Sonu'', published: 2015, last version: March 2015, 242 pages,
* ''Zamansız Yağmur Başlıyor'', published: 2017 February 13, 280 pages,
; In
English:
* ''The Servant'', (The translation of ''Hizmetkar Kim?'') published: 2015, last version: August 2015, 220 pages,
References
External links
Cenk Enes Özer's Official WebsiteTEDx Talk: İnancın Eşsiz Anlatımı (A Unique Explaining of the Faith): Cenk Enes Özer
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21st-century Turkish writers
1978 births
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
Writers from Ankara
Anadolu University alumni