Hayati İnanç

Hayati İnanç is a Turkish writer, speaker and television presenter, born on 10 February 1961 in the Çameli district of Denizli. Trained as a lawyer, he became one of Turkey's best-known popularisers of classical Turkish (divan) literature, presenting its poetry and wisdom in an accessible, anecdotal style on television, in conferences and in bestselling books. ^{1 2}

İnanç was born in Gürsu village in the Çameli district of Denizli. He graduated from the Faculty of Law at Istanbul University in 1984 and worked for many years in public legal service before his presenting career took over. ^{1 2}

Alongside his legal career, İnanç built a reputation as a speaker on classical literature: he is said to carry some 7,000 divan couplets in memory. He presented the television programme Can Veren Pervaneler (The Moths That Give Their Lives), taking its title from the classical image of the moth around the candle, and he continues to give talks and conferences across Turkey. His online talks circulate widely: a 2024 study of online religion in Turkey counted about 562,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel (a dated platform figure from the museum's November 2026 harvest, not a museum-verified fact). ^{1 2}

His books include the Can Veren Pervaneler series, Fabrika Ayarı (Factory Settings), Hayata Şiirden Bakmak (Looking at Life through Poetry), Hayati Deyişler, Sevgi Yukarıdan Gelir (Love Comes from Above) and Eski Şiir Elbisesi. ^{1 2 2}

• KÜRE Encyclopedia, "Hayati İnanç", as read on 4 November 2026. ¹
• Babıali Kültür Yayıncılığı author biography, via Kitapsec, "Can Veren Pervaneler 3", as read on 4 November 2026. ²