Ruşen Çakır

Journalist, Writer

Birth
25 January, 1952
Education
Galatasaray High School
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Journalist-writer. He was born in Hopa/Artvin on January 25, 1952. He is the husband of writer Müge Iplikçi. He graduated from Galatasaray High School. He began to journalism in Nokta magazine in 1985. He worked in Tempo, Cumhuriyet, Milliyet and CNN-Türk. Beginning from December 2004, he began to work as Washington agent of Vatan newspaper. He worked as director in TESEV Democracy, Civil Society and Islam World Program, as independent reporter and publisher.

He is known with his research about contemporary Islam movement in Turkey, Çakır attended to many domestic and foreign conferences. He gave Contemporary Islamic Political Taught lectures at Marmara University French Public Administrations Department, Islam, Democracy and Civil Society lectures in New York Buffalo University. He is a member of Galatasaraylılar Association and Galatasaray Club.

WORKS:

RESEARCH: Ayet ve Slogan - Türkiye’de İslâmi Oluşumlar (1990), Vatan Millet Pragmatizm-Türk Sağında İdeoloji ve Politika (with Hıdır Göktaş, 1991), Resmi Tarih Sivil Arayış-Sosyal Demokratlarda İdeoloji ve Politika (with Hıdır Göktaş, 1991), Sol Kemalizme Bakıyor (with Levent Cinemre, 1992), Ne Şeriat Ne Demokrasi - RP’yi Anlamak (1994), Hatemi’nin İran’ı (with Sami Oğuz, 2000), 1980 Sonrası İslâmi Hareket-1 - Direniş ve İtaat - İki İktidar Arasında İslâmcı Kadın (with Fehmi Çalmuk, 2000), Recep Tayyip Erdoğan - Bir Dönüşümün Öyküsü (with Fehmi Çalmuk, 2001), Derin Hizbullah-İslamcı Şiddetin Geleceği (2001), Nereye Gitti Bu Ülkücüler (2003, interview, letter), Türkiye’nin Kürt Sorunu (2004), İmam-Hatip Liseleri-Efsaneler ve Gerçekler (with İrfan Bozan and Balkan Talu, 2004).  

TRANSLATION: Kızılordu Fraksiyonu (from Anne Steiner, 2000).

REFERENCE:  İhsan Işık / Resimli ve Metin Örnekli Türkiye Edebiyatçılar ve Kültür Adamları Ansiklopedisi (2007, 2009), Ruşen Çakır: Cemaat’in kartları kolay kolay bitmez, şapkasından çok tavşan çıkarabilir (Nurbanu Aslan röportajı, diken.com.tr, 03.08.2016).

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