Hakan Evrensel

Hakan Evrensel was born in 1967 in Ankara, Turkey. When - as a kid - he was asked what he wanted to be when he grew up, he would always come up with the same reply: "I want to become a soldier"... and so he did. He liked to push the envelope and face challenges, and as a result ended up smack in the middle of combat in Southeast Turkey. Soon though, he started to question "where and why things got out of hand"... and as he realized that he would not be able to get to the bottom of it while remaining in the forces, he quit his lifelong dream - the military - and started out on a quest of looking for answers. He became a journalist, and his troubling journey gave birth to his first book 'Tales from the Southeast', soon thereafter to be complemented by his second book "Ground Minus Two" - a fictional novel, based on true characters selected from among those he met during his tour of duty in the conflict zone. He is one of the scriptwriters of Breath (2009-Nefes: Vatan Sagolsun) and military advisor. The story and the details of the Breath created from the books of him; "Tales from the Southeast" & "Ground Minus Two". He is also the scriptwriter and the military coordinator of the "Anatolian Eagles" (2011), the film project for the memory of 100th Anniversary of the Turkish Aviaiton.