Mehmet Sancaktutar was born on 1 February 1970 in Islahiye Village, Güneysu District, Rize. He completed his primary education at Islahiye Village Primary School. After finishing secondary education at an Imam Hatip High School, Sancaktutar continued his higher education at the Faculty of Theology of Dokuz September University and graduated from there.

Career

After graduation, he began his teaching career in Nazilli, Aydın. He was later assigned to his hometown of Rize, where he served. In Rize, he worked for approximately ten years as a teacher at Güneysu Yeşilköy Secondary School and Osman Erkan Imam Hatip High School. During this period, he completed his postgraduate education.

Sancaktutar continued his educational career in the Turkish Republic of Northern Turkish, where he held administrative positions. Throughout his tenure as both a teacher and an administrator, he contributed significantly to education.

Literary Activities

Mehmet Sancaktutar engaged in literature alongside his teaching profession and pursued writing. In his literary career, he produced works in the genres of novel and story, and his articles have been published in various literary and thought journals.

Sancaktutar adopted a disciplined and intensive writing process in his Writing works. His literary activities became particularly prominent in the final years of his life. Throughout his writing career, he addressed numerous themes and drew attention through his narrative style.

Author Mehmet Sancaktutar defined writing as follows: "Writing is truly a difficult task, involving days of endless reading... Then you begin to write. You forget the number of days you struggled, the number of nights you stayed up. You write, you draw, you erase, you add, you remove, and finally you say, it didn’t work, delete it all! In truth, the writer squeezes his brain and pours its essence onto paper. Then, exhausted and drained, he squeezes his brain again and takes back its essence and its fluid. The book in the reader’s hands is not the writer’s creation; what the reader holds is the writer’s brain oil."

Death

In 2014, he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. While receiving treatment in Istanbul, he passed away on 15 June 2014 during the early months of his illness. He was 44 years old at the time of his death. He was married and a father of three child.

Published Works

• Ölü Beyazı – Novel / Short Story
• Cebrailin Kanatları – Novel

In addition, numerous articles by him have been published in various journals.