Career
He was a teacher, poet, and writer Ilgaz was one of Turkey’s best-known and most prolific poets and writers, having authored over sixty works. Ilgaz started writing poetry during his junior school years and evolved into one of the prolific social-realist writers of 20th century Turkish literature.
While he has never really been a partisan of political ideologies, the fact that he has written about the sufferings of the people placed him at a left wing perspective.
Like other writers of his time, Ilgaz was imprisoned as a result of one of his publications. Rıfat Ilgaz died in Istanbul in 1993 due to lung failure.
The publisher states that, “In the deftly comic six-part story, and two further stories, Rifat Ilgaz turns his sharp but affectionate wit on compulsory military service, holidays at home and the pathological fear of doctors.” (Parts 1-6) = Editions. translations