Journalist and writer (b. 11 January
1953, Ankara). His full name is Mehmet Hasan. He is the son of writer Çetin
Altan and the brother of the writer Ahmet Altan. He graduated from the Istanbul
Academy of Economics and Commercial Studies. He received his PhD at the
Sorbonne in 1979. He worked at Tam Life Insurance Inc. for a while (1973- 79).
He worked as the Paris correspondent for the newspaper Cumhuriyet (1981- 84), as a planning specialist at the Bottle and
Glass Factory Ltd. (1984- 86) and as an academician at İstanbul University,
School of Economics. He became an associate professor in 1987 and professor in
1993.
He has been a columnist at the
newspaper Söz, Güneş (1986-87) and Sabah since
1988. He won the Akademi Publishing House Essay Award with his work Kanatlı Karınca (Winged Ant) in 1986. He
is a member of the Academy of İstanbul Economic and Commercial Studies Alumni.
WORKS:
Kanatlı
Karınca (Winged Ant,
1985), Süperler ve Türkiye (The Super
and Turkey, 1986), Marks’tan Sevgilerle (With
Love from Marx, 1989), Darbelerin
Ekonomisi (Economy of Coups, 1990),
Matadorun Ölümü (Death of the Matador, 1992), Kapitalizm Bu Köye Uğramadı (Capitalism Did Not Come to This
Village, 1994), Amerikan Rapsodisi (American
Rhapsody, travel notes, 1999), Birinci
Cumhuriyet Üzerine Notlar (Notes on the First Republic, 2001), Kanatlı Karınca (Winged Ant, with
selections from the book Matadorun Ölümü-Death
of the Matador, 2001), Marksist - Liberal
(Marxist – Liberal, 2002), On Yıl
Önce Bugün (Ten Years Ago Today, 2002),
Kıbrıs Diye Bir Ada (An Island Named Cyprus, 2003), Kırık Düşler Ülkesi (The Land of Broken Dreams, 2003).
REFERENCE: İrfan Özen / Mehmet Altan: “İnsanlar Sığlaşıyor, Kendi İçlerine Yolculuk Yapmayı Kesiyorlar.” (Merdiven Sanat, Kasım 1997), Kanatlı Karınca (Cumhuriyet Kitap, 1.11.2001), Virgül (sayı: 46, Aralık 2001), İhsan Işık / Türkiye Yazarlar Ansiklopedisi (2001, 2004) – Encyclopedia of Turkish Authors (2005) - Resimli ve Metin Örnekli Türkiye Edebiyatçılar ve Kültür Adamları Ansiklopedisi (2006, gen. 2. bas. 2007) - Ünlü Fikir ve Kültür Adamları (Türkiye Ünlüleri Ansiklopedisi, C. 3, 2013) - Encyclopedia of Turkey’s Famous People (2013), Veysel Usta (Virgül, sayı: 51, Mayıs 2002), Virgül (sayı: 53, Temmuz-Ağustos 2002), Serkan Öztürk (Virgül, sayı: 63, Haziran 2003), Nazlı Ilıcak, Mehmet Altan, Ahmet Altan hakkında sürpriz kararlar (turkishnews.com/tr, 04.11.2019).
