Enis Batur

Ahmet Enis Batur (born 28 June 1952, Eskişehir, Turkey) is a Turkish poet, essayist, novelist, and editor.

Life and education

He was born on June 28, 1952. His grandfather was Hüseyin Hâki Bey, the founder of Şirket-i Hayriye. His father was former Turkish Air Force Commander Muhsin Batur. He spent his childhood in Eskişehir and Naples, and his early youth in Istanbul and Ankara. He completed his primary school education at Dumlupınar Primary School, and his middle and high school education at Saint-Joseph High School in Istanbul and Ankara High School. His first article was published in 1970, and his first books in 1973. During his student years, he managed the cinema page of Ulus newspaper. He began his higher education at Middle East Technical University and completed it in Paris in 1976.

After returning to his country, he published the magazines Yazı, Oluşum, Meb, and Tan. In 1982, he published Çağdaş Kent magazine, which was banned by martial law after its first issue. He prepared the Encyclopedia of European Countries in 1983 and Islamic Countries in 1984. He led the team that developed Şehir magazine between 1987 and 1988. He completed his military service in Çankırı and settled in Istanbul in 1983.

He served as head of the Publications Department at the Ministry of National Education (1979–1980), director of Milliyet'''s cultural service and subsidiary publications (1983–1984), editor-in-chief of Milliyet's Great Encyclopedia (1986) and of Dönemli Yayıncılık (1987–1988), and from 1988 to 2004, he directed Yapı Kredi Publications. He played a key role in the translation of many classics and important foreign works into Turkish, further expanding Yapı Kredi Publications.

Career Enis Batur is one of the leading figures in contemporary Turkish literature with a large body of work, extending to over a hundred volumes. Some of his works have been translated into European languages including French, English and Italian. He was among the contributors of the literary magazine Papirüs which was edited by Cemal Süreya.

He was a chief-editor at the Yapı Kredi Yayınları since 2017.