Aziz Nesin was born on December 21, 1915 in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey]. He was a writer, known for Gol Krali (1981), Yasar Is Neither Alive Nor Dead (1975) and Zübük (1980). He was married to Meral Çelen and Vedia. He died on July 6, 1995 in Izmir, Turkey.