İskender Pala, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

İskender Pala

Turkish author, poet

Date of Birth: 08-Jun-1958

Place of Birth: Uşak, Turkey

Profession: writer, author

Nationality: Turkey

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Iskender Pala (born 1958, in Turkey) is a Turkish Divan (Ottoman) Poetry Professor and author of best seller novels.
He also used to write a column in the Turkish daily newspaper Zaman.Iskender Pala graduated from Istanbul University Faculty of Letters Turkish Language and Literature Department in 1979.
He entered Turkish Navy as a lieutenant in 1982 and taught Turkish Literature in Naval Schools and Bogaziçi University.
In 1987 he established Turkish Navy Museum Archives.
He oversaw classification and restoration of many historic documents dated from the times of the Ottoman Empire.
He published Encyclopedic Dictionary of Divan (Ottoman) Poetry and received Writers Union of Turkey Award in 1989.
He was discharged from the Navy without any conviction during what is now called the "Postmodern coup".
Later, he wrote a book about his life in Navy and his discharge, called Between Two Coups referring to military coup in 1980 and 1997 military memorandum in Turkey.
He said that the reason for his discharge was his practicing Islam in his private life.