[3] After graduating from a high school in Ankara in 1937 Hüsnü Göksel received a degree in medicine from Istanbul University in 1943.
[4] He obtained his surgical training at Gülhane Military Medical Academy and graduated from the program as a general surgeon in 1944.
[4] The collection of his essays was published under the titles of Deneme: Barışa Özlem (1986) and Bu Dağların Arkasında Başka Dağlar Var (1993).
[4] His story books are as follows: Ben Bu Menekşeleri Senin İçin Topladım (1991) and Lacivert Mayolu Kız (1996).
[4] In the aftermath of the 1980 military coup led by Kenan Evren, Turkish intelligentsia faced heavy oppression.
[6] Göksel was also tried due to his article entitled Ölüm Cezası Üzerine (Turkish: On death penalty) published in Cumhuriyet in 1986.