Creator of the famaus line

"It's a pity Süleyman Efendi had to die."

I hear you're wondering

About my private life.

Well, I'll tell you:

First of all, I'm a man,

Not a circus animal.

I have a nose and two ears

Although they're not shapely.

I live in a house.

I have a job.

My head isn't up in the clouds.

I have no holier-than-thou attitude.

I'm neither as modest

As the Kink of England

Nor as aristocratic as the former groom

Of our ex-Premier's stable.

I'm fond of spinach,

And puff pastry

Is my great delight.

I don't give a damn about money or property,

I swear to God I don't.

Oktay Rifat and Melih Cevdet

Are my closest friends.

I have a girl who's very respectable,

So I can't mention her name,

I guess literary historians will have to find out.

I spend a lot of time on trivial things.

Anything I do when I'm not working

On creative stuff is trivial.

Oh, I don't know,

I probably have a thousand hangs-ups.

But why list them one by one?