Researcher and
writer (b. 1932, Gallipoli / Çanakkale.) His first name Türkkaya was given by
the Interior Affairs Minister of Atatürk era Şükrü Kaya, to make his name
rhymed with his own name. After attending the İstanbul Robert College (1951),
he studied at Syracuse University, Department of International Relations and
New York University Department of Economics. He received his doctorate degree
from Syracuse University (United States, 1959). After returning home, he began
to work at Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences and conducted
researches as an associate professor and as a professor under Chair of
International Relations at the same university.
In the
following years he gave lectures at Syracuse, Harvard, John Hopkins, and Nehru
Universities. He attended more then a hundred international conferences with
communiqués. Between 1970 and 1972, he worked in the cadre of Soviet Sciences
Academy. He has been a member and director of several international
organizations such as United Nations International Organization for the Elimination of All Forms of Racial
Discrimination (1976), International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, and International Committee against
Terrorism. He studied on racism, terrorism, nuclear war, Palestine Human Rights
and war prisoners. Most of his books, including his ten books on painting, were
published abroad. He was also engaged in painting and held painting
exhibitions.
Major
newspapers and reviews at home and abroad, where Türkkaya Ataöv’s articles
concerning diverse international setbacks have been published newspaper and
reviews since 1948 are: Cumhuriyet, Milliyet, Vatan, Politika, Demokrat,
Güneş, Barış, Halkçı, Yeni Ulus, Dünya, Yeni Asır, The T. Daily News, The
Statesman (Bombay), Journal de Genevre (Geneva), Nation (Nairobi).
Reviews: Ankara University Journal of Political Sciences Faculty, Journal
of Turkish Grand National Assembly, The Turkish Yearbook of International
Relations, Sanat Çevresi, Ankara Sanat, Sanat, Yön, Sosyal Adalet, Devrim,
Öğretmen Dünyası, Briefiny, Bilim ve Sanat, The Middle East International, The Economist, Medjunarodna Politika (Belgrade),
Internationale Politik, Tendenzen (Munich), Democratic World (New
Delhi), Crescent, Art and Poetry Today, Proche Orient et Tiers-Monde (Paris),
Prisma (Havana), Lumea (Bucharest). He wrote in about ninety
seven local and foreign reviews and newspapers. His articles have been
translated into approximately twenty languages.
Ataöv has
been recognized writer, who has greatest number of articles about
Turkish-Armenian relations in the world. He attended two Paris courts, four
European Parliament meetings and thirty-three United Nations sessions as a
specialist of the field. With his book 11
Eylül: Terörle Savaş mı Bahane mi? (September
Eleven: is it the Struggle against Terror or a Pretext?), he
analyzed the United States from a critical perspective. Professor Ataöv, who
undertook several responsibilities in the frame of United Nations, was given
sixteen medals and awards. Among these awards were United Nations Peace Award,
Bophuthatswana University Specialty on Africa, (the former federal republic of)
Yugoslavia Golden Wreath, Italian Chivalry, Specialty on Minorities from three
Balkan States, Palestinian Honor Medal, Russian Science Academy and the Cuba
Felix Elmuza Award.
MAIN WORKS:
Sovyetler Birliği Devlet İdaresi
(State
Governance in the Soviet Union, 1961), Amerikan Belgeleriyle Amerikan
Emperyalizminin Doğuşu (Birth of the American Imperialism in the American
Documents, 1968), Afrika’ da Ulusal Kurtuluş Mücadeleleri (Struggles of National
Independence in Africa, 1975), Nazım Hikmet’in Hasreti (Longing of Nazım
Hikmet, 1976), Eşref Üren (Eşref Üren, 1980), A Brief Glance at the
Armenian Question (1984), Siyonizm ve Irkçılık (Zionism and Racism),
Kudüs ve Devletler Hukuku (Jerusalem and the Law of States), Bilimsel
Araştırma El Kitabı (Pamphlet of Scientific Research), İkinci Cihan
Savaşı (the Second World War), Turkish Foreign Policy; 1939-1945,
Silahsızlanmanın Gereği (Incentive of Disarmament), Amerika NATO ve
Türkiye (The United States, NATO and Turkey), Ermeni Sorunu:
Bibliyografya (Armenian Question: A Bibliography), Turkish Painting,
Pictura Turka (Turkish Painting, Bucharest), L’Utilization des Caux
Palestiniennes et
His works, either one or two sheets, or
seven hundred pages, count up to more than one hundred twenty five, including
the academic publications.