OKTAY TAFTALI

He was born in Erzurum. He graduated from Istanbul Haydarpaşa High School and the Department of Philosopy, the Faculty of Letters of the Istanbul University. He completed his doctoral studies in philosopy at the Vienna University. He currently teaches at the Philosophy Department of the Istanbul Medeniyet (Civilization) University. Since 1980 his poems in literary magazines such as Somut, Oluşum, Yazko Edebiyat,  and Varlık. His published poetry collections: Pembe Aralık (Pink December), Suların Durulduğu Yerde Yalnız Askerler (Lonesome Soldiers Where the Waters Are Settled Down) , Kan Geleneği (Blood Tradition), Sivil Aşk Yoktur (There Is No Civic Love), Kayıp ve Marifet (Loss and Craft). His other books published: Şiir, Ahlâk ve Estetik (Ethics, Aesthetics and Poetry), Medya Çağında Düşünce (Thought in the Media Age), Emperyalizm Ahlâk ve Siyaset Üzerine (On Imperialism, Ethics and Politics) , Batı Aydınlanmasının Sonu ve Yerli Düşünce (The End of The Western Enlightenment and Domestic Thought), Acının Eşiğinde Yaşama Felsefesi (A Life Philosopy at the Threshold of Pain), Edebî Söylem ve Varoluş (Literary Rhetoric and Existence, Ben Merkezci İnsan ve Kaybolan Gerçeklik (Egocentric Human Being and the Lost Reality).