Selim was born in Bucharest and has spent his life travelling and living in places like Athens, Cairo, and Ankara because of his father's profession. When he first started writing poetry, he was unsure of how people would react to his poems (he says he wasn't the top student in his Turkish Literature classes). Fortunately, he received praise and encouragement from close friends and relatives, so he decided to continue writing.

Selim's inspiration comes from things he experiences in daily life. For example, he wrote the poem Devler, Cüceler (The Giants, the Dwarfs) when he saw a dwarf puppet in a museum in Brussels. On another occasion, he stayed up until 5 o'clock in the morning and wrote 7 poems in a row! Writing poetry is not the only thing that he does well, however. The design on the front cover of his book, a monkey trying to hide his emotions with an iron mask, is his handiwork as well. In addition, he is interested in acting and theatre, and he wants to do research on the civilization of ancient Egypt, to which end he hopes to return to Cairo.

According to Selim, poets should know how to put themselves in someone else's shoes. He has written poems about people who hold ideologies that he does not really support, but in doing so just tries to see the world through their eyes. He says, "You won't get an idea of who or what I am by reading my poems; I can be anything or anyone."

Cep Kitabevi has printed one thousand copies of his book and two hundred and fifty of them have already been distributed to Ankara, İstanbul and İzmir.

Next year Selim plans to publish a second volume of 36 poems, of which 27 have already been written.