My name is Ali Yildirim. At a very young age I realised that all books are either dreams or swords. You can cut, or you can drug, with words. I was born in Cyprus and educated in England. I like to believe that having the heritage of multi-cultures and growing up in another has made me open-minded and a good citizen of the world. I have a honours degree in Law and received my Bar Vocational Diploma in 1999, becoming a barrister of England & Wales in the same year. I follow most artistic pursuits, especially the literary and the cinematical.

Ali Yildirim actively works for the protection of the world environment, and social charities that aid in the protection of women, children and animals.

Presented by Baroness Blatch at an award ceremony in London, he was awarded the St. John's Bronze Medallion in 1992.

He has won various short story competitions and his poetry has been selected twice as semi-finalists in the annunal "Poets of America Association" competition.

Ali also has a wide variety of general interests but says that amongst his favourite are "good wine and good conversation" and that he enjoys "learning something new each day most of all."

Writing since the age of six, Ali Yildirim completed his début novel in 2006. His writings on art, society and culture appear on his widely read Tarkan DeLuxe blog. He holds an honours degree in Law from Nottingham University. A student of the prestigious law school Lincoln's Inn, he received the Bar Vocational Diploma in 1999. Ali currently travels between Cyprus and England, where he is at work on two new novels.

Tarkan DeLuxe
The world as I see it through prose and poetry.