Erol Toy Writer

Erol Toy (born 1936 in Manisa, Turkey) is a Turkish writer.Graduated from secondary school, Erol Toy started working from his childhood. After working as a baker, banker, creator of the mutual organization of spong fishermen paralysed after decompression problems, he moved to Istanbul. He became a unionist by creating the Bank-İş union. Erol Toy who published his writings in several papers published his first novel in 1952 in the Çınar magazine. As a writer directing the YAZKO council, he writes on the social, economical and political problems of Turkey. Erol Toy who is using social realism, was known to the audience after the first publication of his İmparator (the imperor) novel in 1974. This novel is said to tell the life of Turkish billionaire Vehbi Koç, founder of the Koç group, (this novel was sold to 1,5 million since its publication, according to his publisher). Erol Toy who published short stories, novels, essays and critics and several plays of which have been acted, was received third at the Ali Naci Karacan prize in 1962. None of his creations was translated yet.In May and June 2011, his play Pir Sultan Abdal, toured in Germany and in France by Ankara Birlik Tiyatrosu.