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Education:
- Graduated from the University of "St. Cyril and Methodius" - Skopje, Faculty of Philology, Department of Turkish Language and Literature.
- Master of Arts in Turkish Linguistics (June 27, 2001), University of "St. Cyril and Methodius" - Skopje, Faculty of Philology.

Current employment:
- Research and teaching assistant of Turkish Grammar in University of "St. Cyril and Methodius" - Skopje, Faculty of Philology, Department of Turkish Language and Literature.
- Subjects teaching: Phonetics, Morphology, Syntax, Dialectology of Turkish Language, History of Turkish Language
- Also taught: Ottoman Turkish.
- Scientific Project: "Turkish Dialects in South-Western Part of Macedonia", as a collaborator, 1995-1998.

Exprerience:
- Speaker in radio programmes for children, Macedonian Radio, Turkish Programmes, 1978-1979.
- Translator of agencies news from Macedonian to Turkish in state-run Macedonian Television, Turkish Programmes, January 1994 - August 1995.
- Teaching Turkish in Workers University "Kocho Ratsin" - Skopje, 1994-1995.
- Attended to: "3rd International Meeting of Young Macedonian Linguists" with report: "Calques in the Language of Turkish Minority in Republic of Macedonia Entered Via Macedonian Language", Skopje, 1997.
- Collaborator in: "Learn Turkish", a handbook, Metaforum, Skopje, 1994.
- Authorised translator from Macedonian to Turkish and vice versa, from 1994.
- Translated many material (non-literature) from Macedonian to Turkish for: National Democratic Institute - Washington (Skopje office), UNICEF (Skopje office), "Tabernakul" - a private publishing house, Ministry of Education of Republic of Macedonia, etc.

Literature:
- Many published poems, essays, critics, etc.
- Published books of poetry: "Symphony" (1994), "Semicolon" (1998) - both by "Birlik", Skopje and in Turkish.
- Radio-drama: "A Holiday Morning in Skopje" (1995) - performed in Macedonian Radio, Turkish Programmes.
- Drama for children: "My Lost Home" (December 1998) - performed in Theater of Nationalities, Turkish Drama - Skopje.
- Founder and one year (1994-1995) Editor in Chief of "Üçüncü" (The Third), independent magazine for avantgarde culture and literature (published in Turkish), Skopje, Macedonia.
- Regular columnist of weekly independent "Vardar", Skopje.
Activity:
- Attended poetry meetings: International "Ratsin Meetings" in Veles, Macedonia (1994); International Poetry Meeting in Çorum, Turkey (1995); and many local poetry meetings.

Translations (from Macedonian to Turkish):
- Published:
1. "A Short Echo Drama" (brochure) - Theather Youth of Macedonia, Skopje, 1995.
2. "Successful Breastfeeding: A Guide for Breastfeeding Mothers"(brochure), UNICEF - Skopje Office, "Gotse Delchev", Skopje, 1997.
3. "Nature and Society" (book) - for third class of elementary schools, "Tabernakul", Skopje, 1998.
4. "Nature and Science (Workbook)" (book) - for third class of elementary schools, "Tabernakul", Skopje, 1998.
5. "Foundations of Civic Society" (book) (Developed from the programme: "Foundations of Democracy" - Upper Elementary Guide, Center for Civic Education, USA) - Guide for fourth class of elementary schools, Faculty of Philosophy, Institute of Sociology, 1998.
6. "Acute Diarrhea: A Guide for Parents" (brochures), UNICEF - Skopje Office, "Dogger", Skopje, 1999.
- In publish:
7. "The Cold and Cough: A Guide for Parents" (brochures), UNICEF - Skopje Office, "Dogger", Skopje, 1999.
8. "Mathematics" (book) - for fourth class of elementary schools, "Tabernakul", Skopje, 1999.
9. "Mathematics (Workbook)" (book) - for fourth class of elementary schools, "Tabernakul", Skopje, 1999.
10. "Mathematics" (manual - book for teachers) - for fourth class of elementary schools, "Tabernakul", Skopje, 1999.
11. "Care of Children with Cough and Cold" (brochure), UNICEF - Skopje, "Koma", Skopje, 2000.
12. "Successful Breastfeeding: A Guide for Breastfeeding Mothers" (brochure), Second revised edition, UNICEF - Skopje, "Koma", Skopje, 2000.
13. "At Home with One Eye Always On Your Baby" (brochure), UNICEF - Skopje, "Koma", Skopje, 2000.
14. "Your Child Has Diarrhea: Care and Feeding of Child with Diarrhea" (brochure), UNICEF - Skopje, "Koma", Skopje, 2000.
15. "You For Your Baby" (brochure), UNICEF - Skopje, "Koma", Skopje, 2000.
16. "We're Growing and Learning Together" (brochure), UNICEF - Skopje, "Koma", Skopje, 2000.
17. "Convention on the Rights of Children" (brochure), UNICEF - Skopje, "Koma", Skopje, 2000.
18. "Healthy Baby" (leaflet), UNICEF - Skopje, Skopje, 2000.
19. "Learn Your Rights" (leaflet), UNICEF - Skopje, Skopje, 2000.
20. "Civic Education", for students of fourth class od secondary schools. Ministry of Education, Skopje, 2000.
21. "Vaccinated Child - Healthy Child" (brochure), UNCIEF - Skopje, Skopje, 2000.
22. "Safe Sex" (brochure), UNICEF - Skopje, Skopje, 2000.
23. "White Bolt of Bosphorus" (A Poem for Ataturk), writen by: Boris Tanaskov (not published yet).
24. "AIDS" (brochure), UNICEF - Skopje & HOPS - EDU, Skopje, 1999.
25. "AIDS" (brochure for children), UNICEF - Skopje, Skopje, 1999.
26. "Breastfeeding - Natural Method" (brochure), UNICEF - Skopje, Skopje, 2000.
27. "How to Protect Yourself" (brochure about AIDS), UNICEF - Skopje, Skopje, 1999.
28. "Expected Baby" (brochures), UNICEF - Skopje, Skopje, 2000.
29. "We the People - Project Citizen" (handbook for students), CRS/Macedonia, Skopje, 2000.
30. "We the People - Project Citizen" (handbook for teachers), CRS/Macedonia, Skopje, 2000.
31. "Foundations of Democracy" (book) - for students of first class of elementary schools, CRS/Macedonia, Skopje, 2000.
32. "Foundations of Democracy" (handbook for teachers of students of first class of elementary schools), CRS/Macedonia, Skopje, 2000.
33. "Foundations of Democracy" (handbook for students from first to fourth class of elementary schools), CRS/Macedonia, Skopje, 2000.
34. "Foundations of Democracy" (handbook for teachers of students from first to fourth class of elementary schools), CRS/Macedonia, Skopje, 2000.
35. "Foundations of Democracy" (picture-book for children of pre-school period), CRS/Macedonia, Skopje, 2000.
36. "Foundations of Democracy" (handbook for educators of children of pre-school period), CRS/Macedonia, Skopje, 2000.
37. And many many other leafleats, posters, etc.

Languages:
- Active: Turkish, Macedonian, English, Albanian, Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Azerbaijanian.
- Pasive: Slovenian, Turkmen, Uzbek, Kazhak, Kirghiz, Tatar, Uighur, Gagauz.
- Read and write: Arabian and Persian.

Interests:
- Languages, linguistics, writing, intelligence (esp. high-intelligence), Internet, computers, reading, civic society, human rights, conflict solving, etc.

Computer skills:
- I got my first computer Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48 (in USA "Timex") in 1985.
- Up to day I used: Commodore 64, Amiga 500, PC 386 DX 40, Panasonic PC laptop 386 DX, Compaq PC Laptop 386 DX, PC Pentium II 300 (Celeron and Klamath) and many others.
- I started with programming in Basic and assembler for Z80A processor, up to QBasic, Pascal, Fortran, Cobol, a little C and Visual Basic.
- I work with: Windows, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, Adobe Page Maker, Adobe Acrobat, Quark Xpress, Front Page, MS Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator, MS Outlook Express, Eudora, and many many others. This is valid for all versions of programmes.
Experience:
- I wrote for "PC World Macedonia", a computer magazine: "Step by Step to Internet" (1, 2), 1996.
- Experience in creating web pages: <www.geocities.com/paris/rue/3131>, <yeni-dunya.homepage.com>, <www.mensa.org.mk>, <members.xoom.com/ilkay96>.
- Complete preparation for publishing: "Üçüncü" (The Third), magazine, 18 issues (1994-1995); "Foundations of Civic Society", book, 1998.
- Moderator of #MENSA-MK conference on Informa BBS, Skopje, 1996-1998.
- Founder and moderator of #mensa-macedonia mailing list on egroups.com.

Past and current member of:
- "Mensa International", an international high-IQ society, from 1988.
- Founder and Chairman of "Mensa Macedonia", the high-IQ society.
- "Writers Union of Macedonia", from 1995.
- "MASA", Macedonian Anti-Aids Association.
- "Thinkers International", an e-mail based forum of international thinkers.
- Program Advisor in Committee of Publishing Program of "Foundation Open Society Institute - Macedonia" (SOROS Foundation), Skopje, from 1998.
- Counsil of "Macedonian Center for Culture and Development", from 1998.
- "Amnesty International" (1997-1998).

Marital status:
- Married with Hayriye, born Dec 5, 1972, and have a son Ilkay, born Dec 6, 1996.

Last update: June 30, 2001.