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Mümtaz'er Türköne
Mümtaz'er Türköne, (born 1956 in Istanbul), is a Turkish academic and author. He was a faculty member at Gazi University from 1993 to 2007 and was a columnist for the '' Zaman'' and its English-language sister ''Today's Zaman''. In the 1990s Türköne was a member of the ''Analitik Grubu'' group of advisors to Prime Minister Tansu Çiller. In January 2012 Türköne resigned from the Atatürk Culture, Language and History Institution, a month after being appointed by President Abdullah Gül. His appointment had been criticised as Türköne had previously described Atatürkism as a "closed minded and bigoted" ideology. He is the ex-husband of former AKP deputy Özlem Türköne. Awards * Türkiye Yazarlar Birliği 2006, "Media/thought" category Hurriyet Daily News, 4 January 2007Turkish Writers Union honors intellectuals of Turkey/ref> Books * ''Siyasi İdeoloji Olarak İslamcılığın Doğuşu'' * ''Cemaleddin Afgani'' (on Jamal ad-Din al-Afghani) * Siyaset * Darbe P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mümtaz'er Türköne
Mümtaz'er Türköne, (born 1956 in Istanbul), is a Turkish academic and author. He was a faculty member at Gazi University from 1993 to 2007 and was a columnist for the '' Zaman'' and its English-language sister ''Today's Zaman''. In the 1990s Türköne was a member of the ''Analitik Grubu'' group of advisors to Prime Minister Tansu Çiller. In January 2012 Türköne resigned from the Atatürk Culture, Language and History Institution, a month after being appointed by President Abdullah Gül. His appointment had been criticised as Türköne had previously described Atatürkism as a "closed minded and bigoted" ideology. He is the ex-husband of former AKP deputy Özlem Türköne. Awards * Türkiye Yazarlar Birliği 2006, "Media/thought" category Hurriyet Daily News, 4 January 2007Turkish Writers Union honors intellectuals of Turkey/ref> Books * ''Siyasi İdeoloji Olarak İslamcılığın Doğuşu'' * ''Cemaleddin Afgani'' (on Jamal ad-Din al-Afghani) * Siyaset * Darbe P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Türkiye Yazarlar Birliği
The Turkish Authors' Association ( tr, Türkiye Yazarlar Birliği, abbreviated as TYB) is an association for writers in Turkey. It is sometimes confused with the Turkish Writers' Union () as both may be translated as ''Writers Union of Turkey''. It gives awards to Turkish writers and media. It has been a member of the European Writers' Council since 1977.European Writers' Council The European Writers' Council (EWC, the ''European Writers' Congress'' until 2010) is a federation of authors' associations. It represents over 150,000 writers and translators in 60 associations in 34 European countries. It is recognised by the Euro ...Letter to the Turkish Minister of Justice concerning Orhan Pamuk (September 2005)/ref> References External links Official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Turkiye Yazarlar Birligi 1974 establishments in Turkey Trade unions in Turkey Writers' organizations by country ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ankara University Faculty Of Political Sciences Alumni
Ankara ( , ; ), historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center and over 5.7 million in Ankara Province, making it Turkey's second-largest city after Istanbul. Serving as the capital of the ancient Celtic state of Galatia (280–64 BC), and later of the Roman province with the same name (25 BC–7th century), the city is very old, with various Hattian, Hittite, Lydian, Phrygian, Galatian, Greek, Persian, Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman archeological sites. The Ottomans made the city the capital first of the Anatolia Eyalet (1393 – late 15th century) and then the Angora Vilayet (1867–1922). The historical center of Ankara is a rocky hill rising over the left bank of the Ankara River, a tributary of the Sakarya River. The hill remains crowned by the ruins of Ankara Castle. Although few of its outworks have survived, there are we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academics From Istanbul
An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary education, secondary or tertiary education, tertiary higher education, higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 385 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the goddess of wisdom and Skills, skill, north of Ancient Athens, Athens, Greece. Etymology The word comes from the ''Academy'' in ancient Greece, which derives from the Athenian hero, ''Akademos''. Outside the city walls of Athens, the Gymnasium (ancient Greece), gymnasium was made famous by Plato as a center of learning. The sacred space, dedicated to the goddess of wisdom, Athena, had formerly been an olive Grove (nature), grove, hence the expression "the groves of Academe". In these gardens, the philosopher Plato conversed with followers. Plato developed his sessions into a method of teaching philosophy and in 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1956 Births
Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, are killed for trespassing by the Huaorani people of Ecuador, shortly after making contact with them. * January 16 – Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser vows to reconquer Palestine (region), Palestine. * January 25–January 26, 26 – Finnish troops reoccupy Porkkala, after Soviet Union, Soviet troops vacate its military base. Civilians can return February 4. * January 26 – The 1956 Winter Olympics open in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. February * February 11 – British Espionage, spies Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean (spy), Donald Maclean resurface in the Soviet Union, after being missing for 5 years. * February 14–February 25, 25 – The 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union is held in Mosc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taraf
''Taraf'' ("Side" in Turkish) was a liberal newspaper in Turkey. It had distinguished itself by opposing interference by the Turkish military in the country's social and political affairs. It was distributed nationwide, and had been in circulation since November 15, 2007. On July 27, 2016, the newspaper was closed under a statutory decree during the state of emergency after the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt, due to its alleged links with the coup plotters' Gülen movement. Overview ''Taraf'' has published a series of highly-controversial stories that revealed the involvement of the Turkish military in daily political affairs. The revealed documents, such as coup plans that involved the bombing of historical mosques in Turkey ( "Sledgehammer" coup plan) and bombing of a museum ( Operation Cage Action Plan), significantly damaged the social image of the Turkish military. The sources that leaked such critical insider information to ''Taraf'' are still unknown. The response of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nevzat Yalçıntaş
Nevzat is a Turkish given name for males. People named Nevzat include: *Nevzat Ayaz (born 1930), Turkish civil servant and politician *Nevzat Halili (born 1946), Macedonian politician and teacher *Nevzat Sayin (born 1954), Turkish architect *Nevzat Soguk, Turkish professor of political science *Nevzat Tandoğan (1894–1946), Turkish civil servant and politician *Nevzat Tarhan Kaşif Nevzat Tarhan (born July 7, 1952) is a Turkish psychiatrist and Psychological warfare expert and neuropsychology expert. Life He was born in Merzifon in 1952. He finished Kuleli Military High School in 1969 and graduated from Cerrahpa ... (born 1952), Turkish medical scientist, psychiatrist and neuropsychology expert {{given name Turkish masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
İlber Ortaylı
İlber Ortaylı (born 21 May 1947) is a Turkish historian and professor of history of Crimean Tatar origin at the MEF University, Galatasaray University in Istanbul and at Bilkent University in Ankara. In 2005, he was appointed as the director of the Topkapı Museum in Istanbul, until he retired in 2012. Books References External links {{DEFAULTSORT:Ortayli, Ilber 1947 births Living people People from Bregenz People from Istanbul Turkish scientists Turkish historians Turkish non-fiction writers Turkish people of Crimean Tatar descent Austrian people of Turkish descent Historians of Turkey Galatasaray University faculty Bilkent University faculty Ankara University Faculty of Political Sciences alumni University of Chicago alumni University of Vienna alumni Ankara University faculty St. George's Austrian High School alumni Honorary members of the Turkish Academy of Sciences ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamal Ad-Din Al-Afghani
Sayyid Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī (Pashto/ fa, سید جمالالدین افغانی), also known as Sayyid Jamāl ad-Dīn Asadābādī ( fa, سید جمالالدین اسدآبادی) and commonly known as Al-Afghani (1838/1839 – 9 March 1897), was a political activist and Islamic ideologist who travelled throughout the Muslim world during the late 19th century. He is one of the founders of Islamic Modernism as well as an advocate of Pan-Islamic unity in Europe and Hindu–Muslim unity in India against the British, he has been described as having been less interested in minor differences in Islamic jurisprudence than he was in organizing a united response to Western pressure. He is also known for his involvement with his follower Mirza Reza Kermani in the successful plot to assassinate Shah Naser-al-Din, whom Al-Afghani considered to be making too many concessions to foreign powers, especially the British Empire. Early life and origin As indicated by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Özlem Türköne
Özlem is a common feminine Turkish given name. In Turkish, "Özlem" means ''yearning'' and ''missing''. Given name * Asiye-Özlem Sahin (born 1976), Turkish-German professional boxer * Dilara Özlem Sucuoğlu (born 1998), Turkish-German footballer * Fatma Özlem Tursun (born 1988), Turkish female football referee and former women's footballer * Özlem Araç (born 1989), Turkish football manager and former women's football player * Özlem Başyurt (born 1971), Turkish basketball coach and teacher, former footballer and basketball player * Özlem Becerikli (born 1980), Turkish bronze medalist Paralympian powerlifter * Özlem Ceren Dursun (born 2003), Turkish cross-country skier * Özlem Çarıkçıoğlu (born 1994), Turkish Olympian alpine skier * Özlem Çekiç (born 1976), Danish politician of Turkish origin * Özlem Conker (born 1973), Turkish actress * Özlem Denizmen, Turkish businesswoman * Özlem Kaya (born 1990), Turkish middle distance runner * Özlem Kaya (swimmer) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Istanbul
Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, cultural and historic hub. The city straddles the Bosporus strait, lying in both Europe and Asia, and has a population of over 15 million residents, comprising 19% of the population of Turkey. Istanbul is the list of European cities by population within city limits, most populous European city, and the world's List of largest cities, 15th-largest city. The city was founded as Byzantium ( grc-gre, Βυζάντιον, ) in the 7th century BCE by Ancient Greece, Greek settlers from Megara. In 330 CE, the Roman emperor Constantine the Great made it his imperial capital, renaming it first as New Rome ( grc-gre, Νέα Ῥώμη, ; la, Nova Roma) and then as Constantinople () after himself. The city grew in size and influence, eventually becom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
