Journalist and writer (b. 23 December 1924, Çarşamba / Samsun). He
graduated from Konya High School. He worked as secretary, correspondent and
columnist in the newspapers and reviews Vatan, Ulus, Demokrat İzmir, Kim,
Cumhuriyet from 1950. He served as press attaché in London (1960), İstanbul
Representative of the newspaper Ulus (1963-68), director in the newspaper
Cumhuriyet. He is renowned by his interviews. He received two awards in 1955
and 1957 from journalism institutions.
WORKS:
Daha Güzel Bir Dünya (A Better World, 1975), Kutsal İnekler (Blessed Cows, 1976), Tepedeki Dört Adam (Four Men on the
Hill, 1978), Atatürk'ün Yanındakiler ve
Karşısındakiler (Those Behalf of and Opposite to Atatürk, 1981), Yahya Kemal ve Halikarnas Balıkçısı (Yahya
Kemal and the Fisherman of
Halicarnassos,
1983), Hacı Ömer Sabancı (Hacı Ömer
Sabancı, 1983), Dolu Dizgin (At Full
Speed, biography of Ali Naci Karacan),
Çetin Emeç (Çetin Emeç, 1992), Asil
Kan: Ümmet Olmaktan Ulus Olmaya Giden Dokuz Altın Yıl (Royal Blood: Nine
Gold Years Changing from a Religious Society to a Nation, 1994), Eski Dostlar (Old Friends, with the
photographs of Ara Güler, 2002).