A graduate of Ankara Commerce High School, Gruda worked as a government officer and became famous in 1950s when his poems were published in various journals.
He then worked at the Ankara Meydan Stage and Nisa Serezli acting community.
Together with Attilâ İlhan, he started the period of blue movement in Turkish poetry.
[2] Elements of traditional Turkish theatre and Anton Chekhov's influence is clearly seen in Gruda's works, who also wrote and translated theater plays.
[4] Gruda, who had been experiencing health problems for a while, died on 25 July 2023, at the age of 93.