 He studied Latin and Ancient Greek at Ankara University and Cambridge.He later worked as a translator at several embassies and in the Turkish language section five years of the BBC in London.After his return to Turkey in 1958, he briefly worked as a tourist guide in Bodrum and Marmaris, and then lived in Istanbul where he worked as a freelance translator and started writing poetry.7

Yucel was a poet with a keen political and social awareness.