MET�N SOYLU
(Journalist-Researcher)

He was born in Istanbul in 1981. He finished primary and secondary school at "Ankara Batikent Kursad Bey Ã�lköðretim Okulu", and then in 1998 graduated from "Ankara Batikent Mobil Lisesi" (high school).

During his second year in high school, Soylu did  research  about the life and the map of the famous Turkish sailor Piri Reis out of curiosity. In order to further his  studies and gain support for his research, he submitted a proposal for a project to the Ministry of Education in Turkey. After graduating from igh school, thanks to financial support from Hikmet Uluðbay, the then Minister of Education, he conducted research titled "Project of Piri Reis" at the General Directorate of Educational Technology of the Ministry of Education. Metin Soylu continued to study and do research on the life of Admiral Piri Reis  for about seven years.

The young researcher who has completed the World Map of Piri Reis for the first time in the world, shared the results of this research with the public in his conference in the Middle East Technical University (METU-ODTU) held in August 10, 1999. On October 14, 1999 he sent his project to NASA (U.S. Aeronautics and Space Agency) through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Researcher Soylu decided to collect his  studies  about the life and the  World map of Turkish admiral Piri Reis in a book, so he made a contract with Truva Yayýnlarý (Truva Publishing).

Metin Soylu, who meets his  readers with his book titled "The Code Map of Piri Reis (Piri Reis Haritasýnýn Ã�ifresi)"gave numerous conferences on the subject of Piri Reis in many universities such as the University of Kocaeli, Gazi University, University of Dumlupinar, University of Yýldýz Teknik and has had a big impact.

OTHER WORKS
With the publication of the the School Project for Disasters after the Marmara earthquake in August 17, 1999 in order to make the Turkish people become more aware of natural disasters and, above all with the aim of making students play a more active role in society as an individual emergency Volunteer, he gathered his thoughts on this in his book entitled "Afet Okulu (School of Disaster)".  With the slogan "The Greatest Voluntary Action in Turkey", and with the establishment of a website by the name of www.afetokulu.com he initiated studies on the public. The last work of Metin Soylu as a writer researcher is "Yüzbaþý Muzaffer Mehmet" which is a true life story of heroism on the basis of the documentation.