 His poetry thrives on a strong combination of lyricism, jovial irony and sarcasm.His major poetry collections include Bir Siyasinin Siirleri (Poems of a Political Prisoner / 1974), Sevgi Duvari (Wall of Love / 1973), Olum ve Oglum (Death and My Son / 1976), Gokyokus (Steep Heaven / 1984), Canfeda (Life Offering / 1988), Cok Bi Cocuk (The Child Colors the Man / 1988), Mekânim Datca Olsun (Let Datca Be My Domicile / 1999) and Rengâhenk (Col'armony / 1991).In his later years, he settled in the remote peninsular town of Datça in southwestern Turkey where he died of throat cancer.