Can Dündar

Journalist, Writer

Birth
16 June, 1961
Education
Ankara University Faculty of Communication
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Journalist and writer (b. 16 June 1961, Ankara). He graduated from Ankara University, Faculty of Communication (1979). He took up journalism in 1983 as the editor of the review Yankı, and continued as the chief of the Ankara office of the review Nokta (1985), as the editor of the review Haftaya Bakış (1986-87), as a correspondent of the newspaper Söz (1987), as a news producer at the program of "32. Gün" (The 32nd Day) in the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (1988-94), and as a columnist in Aktüel (1994), Yeni Yüzyıl,  Sabah (1995-2000) and Milliyet (2001).

He started his career on television 1988 in the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation. He produced documentaries and news programs for the channels Show TV, NTV and CNN. He continued his publication activities in the reviews and newspapers Yankı, Hürriyet, Nokta, Haftaya Bakış, Söz, Tempo, Yeni Yüzyıl, Aktüel, Sabah and Milliyet. With his poetical style and works of research and observation, he narrated the unrevealed political, social and historical structure of Turkey, and wrote about the humans with their all problems and hopes, truths reflecting from society on the individuals, with the details of the past and present.

WORKS:

12 Mart - İhtilalin Pençesinde Demokrasi (The March 12th, Democracy in the Grip of the State Cup, in collaboration with M. Ali Birand and Bülent Çaplı, 1994), Hayata ve Siyasete Dair (On Life and Policy, 1998), Yarim Haziran (June My Love, 1998), Benim Gençliğim (My Youth, 1999), Gölgedekiler (Those in Shadow, 1999), Ergenekon - Devlet İçinde Devlet (Ergenekon - The State within a State, in collaboration with Celal Kazdağlı, 1999), Yağmurdan Sonra (After the Rain, 1999), Fikriye (Fikriye, 1999), Demirkırat (The Iron Horse, in collaboration with M. Ali Birand and Bülent Çaplı, 1999), Sarı Zeybek (The Yellow Zeybek, 2000), Köy Enstitüleri (The Village Institutes, 2000), Nereye? (Where? 2001), Uzaklar (The Distances, 2002), Yükselen Bir Deniz (A Rising Sea, 2002), Savaşta Ne Yaptın Baba? (Daddy What Did You Do in the War?, 2003), Büyülü Fener (The Magic Lantern, 2003), Gelibolu'nun İki Yakası, Kızıl Tepeli Kalpak, Kırmızı Bisiklet (Two Coasts of Gelibolu, The Calpac with a Red Top, The Red Bicycle, 2005). 

REFERENCE: Abdullah Tekin / Benim Gençliğim (Cumhuriyet Kitap, 13.4.2000), Vedat Yazıcı / Martıya Mektuplar (2000), Sinan Sülün / Virgül (sayı: 56, Kasım 2002), Can Dündar / Yarim Haziran (5. bas. 2006), İhsan Işık / Resimli ve Metin Örnekli Türkiye Edebiyatçılar ve Kültür Adamları Ansiklopedisi (2007, 2009), MİT Tır’ları haberine yayın yasağı (hurriyet.com.tr, 31 Mayıs 2015), Can Dündar ve Erdem Gül tutuklandı - Gazetemiz Genel Yayın Yönetmeni Can Dündar ve Ankara Temsilcisi Erdem Gül, tutuklandı (cumhuriyet.com.tr, 25 Kasım 2015), Biyografi (candundar.com.tr, 02.02.2016), Can Dündar ve Erdem Gül tahliye edildi (webarchive, org, 26 Şubat 2016), Can Dündar istifa etti (haber7.com, 14.08.2016).

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