Toktamış Ateş (4 April 1944 – 19 January 2013) was a Turkish academician, political commentator, columnist and writer. He was professor of political sciences at Istanbul University.

Biography

Toktamış Ateş was born in

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. After graduating from St. George's Austrian Secondary School and

Vefa High School Vefa High School ( tr, Vefa Lisesi), is one of the oldest and internationally renowned high school of Turkey. The first ''mülkiye lisesi'' (non-military high school) training in Turkish language was Vefa Lisesi (established in 1872) which forming ...

, he was admitted to Istanbul University Faculty of Economics and received his BA degree in 1967. He started his academic career as a research assistant at department of political sciences in Istanbul University Faculty of Economics. He earned

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degree with a thesis entitled "Kuruluş Dönemi Osmanlı Toplumunun Siyasal Yapısı" ("Political Structure of the Ottoman Society in Establishment Period") in 1969 and became an associate professor (''doçent'') in 1974 at the same faculty. He became a

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in 1982. He lectured in Turkey, United States and Germany. He wrote daily columns for ''

Cumhuriyet ''Cumhuriyet'' (; English: " Republic") is the oldest up-market Turkish daily newspaper. It has been described as "the most important independent public interest newspaper in contemporary Turkey". The newspaper was awarded the ''Freedom of Pr ...

'' and ''

Bugün ''Bugün'' ( en, Today) was a Turkish daily newspaper. It was established in 2005. Columnists and journalists working for it have included Cengiz Çandar, Ahmet Almaz, Toktamış Ateş and Kamil Maman. ''Bugün'' was founded in January 2003 as ...

''. He participated panel discussion program '' Siyaset Meydanı'' as a political commentator. He died on 19 January 2013 in Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine Hospital. His funeral was held at both Istanbul University and

Fatih Mosque The large Fatih Mosque ( tr, Fatih Camii, "Conqueror's Mosque" in English) is an Ottoman mosque off Fevzi Paşa Caddesi in the Fatih district of Istanbul, Turkey. The original mosque was constructed between 1463 and 1470 on the site of the Ch ...

, and buried in

Merkezefendi Cemetery The Merkezefendi Cemetery ( tr, Merkezefendi Mezarlığı) is a burial ground situated in Merkezefendi neighborhood of Zeytinburnu district on the European part of Istanbul, Turkey. The neighborhood and the cemetery are named after Merkez Efendi, ...

on 21 January 2013.

References

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