He was discharged from the Navy without any conviction during what is now called the " Postmodern coup". He published Encyclopedic Dictionary of Divan (Ottoman) Poetry and received Writers Union of Turkey Award in 1989. He oversaw classification and restoration of many historic documents dated from the times of the Ottoman Empire. In 1987 he established Turkish Navy Museum Archives. He entered Turkish Navy as a lieutenant in 1982 and taught Turkish Literature in Naval Schools and Boğaziçi University. İskender Pala graduated from Istanbul University Faculty of Letters Turkish Language and Literature Department in 1979. He also used to write a column in the Turkish daily newspaper Zaman. İskender Pala (born 1958, in Turkey) is a Turkish Divan (Ottoman) Poetry Professor and author of best seller novels.
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