Ulvi Pug

Born in İzmir on 21 September 1961, Ulvi Puğ attended Yeşilyurt Primary School, Hasan Tahsin Secondary School and Eşrefpaşa High School before completing his higher education at Istanbul University’s Faculty of Law. In 1987, he married fellow lawyer Nalan Şahinaşar Puğ. He has a son, Onur Puğ, who is also a lawyer, a daughter, Duygu Puğ, studying at Yaşar University’s Faculty of Fine Arts, and a grandson, Eren Puğ, who was four months old when the original text was written.

He began practising law with the İzmir Bar Association in 1988 and continues his work at the Ulvi Puğ Law Office.

Alongside his legal career, he served as founding chair of the Konak district branch and İzmir provincial chair of the New Turkey Party, founded by the late İsmail Cem. He also chaired the İzmir Declaration Movement, which he established with Ali Nail Kubalı.

He has given numerous lectures and poetry readings on law, justice, books, libraries, the Republic and Atatürk.

He has appeared in several musical presentations: “Bir İzmir Rüyası” (An İzmir Dream), co-written with Yılmaz Karakoyunlu; his own works “Şiirler ve Şarkılarla İzmir” (İzmir in Poems and Songs), “Şarkılar ve Şiirlerle Nazım Hikmet” (Nazım Hikmet in Songs and Poems), “Atatürk’ü Anlatmak” (Telling Atatürk’s Story), “Arjantin’den İzmir’e Tango” (Tango from Argentina to İzmir) and “Karantinalı Despina” (Despina of Karantina); and Turgut Özakman’s “Üç Destan: Çanakkale, Sakarya, Büyük Taarruz” (Three Epics: Çanakkale, Sakarya, the Great Offensive).

At the time of the original publication, alongside his legal work, he also served as president of the İzmir National Library Foundation, the İzmir National Library Association and the İzmir Urban Culture and Development Platform.