AUTHOR'S PERSONAL STATEMENT

"I am a professional freelance author with 11 books in print, mostly plays, two crime fiction and one love novel; half a dozen plays yet to be published. I am holding a PhD degree in Economics, but I got my real diploma from Master William Shakespeare, my greatest inspiration and my best teacher in Literature.

I live in capital Ankara, my favourite city. There is a big pine tree forest and an archaeological village near to my house; I am quite happy to go and make trekking there regularly, in fact everyday!..

I don't believe in any religion nor any ideology or political thought. I believe in existence, pure love and a friendly God and of course believe in Almighty Science!..

As for my personal features of character I consider myself to be kind, inquisitive, romantic, harmonious, determined, impatient, very open-hearted and reliable person.

I create maxims and quotes in my works. I like quotes such as: "Veritas Vos Liberabit," The Truth shall make you free; and "Omne Possibile," Everything is possible! I have more than one thousand quotations of my own. I have been creating quotations since my high school years. Some of my collected quotes are from my published books and some are written independently from my books. I would like to have a vast collection of maxims, just like Master François de La Rochefoucauld's The Maximes.

I use my middle name, Murat. I have lots of dreams. One of them is to go to Machu Picchu, the ancient Inca city in Peru. My favourite animal is elephant."

MMI