Career
His real name is Süreyya Evren Türkeli. He eliminated his surname and added the third “y” in “Süreyyya” to create a pen name. Third “y” comes from the lost letter of Cemal Süreya"s surname.
His writings have also been published in anarchist periodicals The New Formulation in New York, Anarchist Studies in the United Kingdom and Refractions in France.
Literary works include several novels, story books and critical essays. He is writing a column in the daily Turkish newspaper Birgün.
He graduated from Nişantaşı Anatolian High School and then dropped out of Mimar Sinan University, where he had been studying of architecture. His first story "Susmana Gerek Var ve Oturmana" ("You Need to Shut Up and Sit Down") was published in Varlık in 1991.
In the following years his stories, poems and articles were published in the reviews Varlık, Sombahar, Şizofrengi, Evrensel Kültür, İnsancıl and Öküz.