Coşkun Büktel


Coşkun Büktel was a Turkish playwright, screenwriter, novelist, theatre critic and translator.
He was born in İzmir, Turkey, in 1950 and graduated from the English Philology department of Istanbul University in 1981. He is best known for his twice-published play Theope, and also as a highly creative theatre critic.
Büktel also published a drama anthology named Eleştiren Oyunlar and also translated D. H. Lawrence’s novella The Fox into Turkish. In his later years he wrote three screenplays, including Fiasco, the rights to which famous Turkish director/producer Sinan Çetin purchased, and İkinci Geliş, which was turned into a novel and is to be published soon.
From 2007 onwards, Coşkun Büktel worked on as a script doctor for one of the best rated TV serials Arka Sıradakiler, which reached its third season, and 88th episode, in October 2009.

Published works