He graduated from Pertevniyal High School, then completed his bachelor's degree in Istanbul University Faculty of Law.

Doğan Hızlan, whose first work was published in 1954, directed the art pages of various literary magazines and newspapers, Cumhuriyet among them.

In 1980, he prepared a collection of children's stories called Bayram Gömleği.

Finally, together with İhsan Yılmaz, he published Celâl Sılay's Collected Poems under the name Hüsran Filizleri.

He still continues to write for Hürriyet Newspaper and to prepare and present the "Scrapbook" program on TRT 2.