Journalist and writer (b. 1956, Elazığ
– d. 10 Jun 2007, İstanbul). He graduated from Kayseri American Collage, Ankara
University, Faculty of Language, History and Geography, Department of English
Language and Literature. He studied in
West Berlin Institute of Jurnalism by scholarship. He began to work as a
jurnalist in the newspaper Hür Anadolu in Ankara, in 1976, the newspaper Dünya (1978), Turkish News Agent (1979)
and in the Ankara Branch of the newspaper Cumhuriyet
(1981-85). He worked as trainee in the newspapers USA Today and Washington Post
in the United States by
scholarship in 1985. After his return, he was appointed as the chief of the
Service of İstanbul News Research of the newspaper Cumhuriyet (1986).
After 12 September
1980, he was renowned his books on the problems of Turkish foreign policy. Then
he work as editor-in chief in private television channels. He received Bülent
Dikmener News Award in 1982 and the Progressive Journalist Association Award
several times. He received the Writers Union of Turkey Study Award with Çevik Kuvvetin Gölgesinde (Under the Shadow of the Riot Police) in
1986.
WORKS: Kanat Operasyonu Ticaret (Wing Operation Commerce, 1985), Çevik Kuvvetin Gölgesinde Türkiye (Turkey under the Shadow of the Riot Police, 1986).
