Erol Toy

Who is Erol Toy?

Erol Toy is a Turkish writer.

Graduated from secondary school, Erol Toy started working from his childhood. After working as a baker, banker, creator of the mutual organization of spong fishermen paralysed after decompression problems, he moved to Istanbul. He became a unionist by creating the Bank-İş union. Erol Toy who published his writings in several papers published his first novel in 1952 in the Çınar magazine. As a writer directing the YAZKO council, he writes on the social, economical and political problems of Turkey. Erol Toy who is using social realism, was known to the audience after the first publication of his İmparator novel in 1974. This novel is said to tell the life of Turkish billionaire Vehbi Koç, founder of the Koç group,. Erol Toy who published short stories, novels, essays and critics and several plays of which have been acted, was received third at the Ali Naci Karacan prize in 1962. None of his creations was translated yet.

In May and June 2011, his play Pir Sultan Abdal, toured in Germany and in France.