Türkkaya Ataöv (born 1932) is a Turkish academic and columnist.

Life and career

Ataöv was born in

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, Turkey in 1932. He attended

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where he earned a B.A. in Humanities. He then attended

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and

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where he earned two master's degrees. In 1959, he received a Ph.D in Political Science from Syracuse. Ataöv specializes in

international relations International relations (IR), sometimes referred to as international studies and international affairs, is the scientific study of interactions between sovereign states. In a broader sense, it concerns all activities between states—such as ...

. He was a faculty member at

Ankara University Ankara University ( tr, Ankara Üniversitesi) is a public university in Ankara, the capital city of Turkey. It was the first higher education institution founded in Turkey after the formation of the republic in 1923. The university has 40 vocat ...

, Faculty of Political Sciences for more than 40 years. In 1983, he began teaching classes at the university regarding the Armenian Question. Ataöv taught that the historical record of the Armenian Genocide was based on false or misinterpreted documents. He has written 78 books on the Armenian Genocide. In these books, he claims that the genocide did not occur, citing sources and statistics obtained from the Ottoman Archives. In 2009, Ataöv had a speaking engagement at

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which was met by protests from

Armenian Armenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia * Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent ** Armenian Diaspora, Armenian communities across the ...

students. As a columnist, he has written for the Turkish newspapers ''

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'' and ''Türksolu''. Ataöv has also published poems, writings and essays in various art magazines. His writings have been translated into 20 languages, including

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and

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Selected works

*''Turkey in the United Nations: a legal and political appraisal'' (1960) *''Turkish Foreign Policy: 1939-1945'' (1965) *''Amerikan belgeleriyle Amerikan emperyalizminin doğuşu'' (1968) *''Bilimsel, arastǐrma ei kitabl'' (1969) *''Nazım Hikmetʾin hasreti'' (1976) *''Afrika ulusal kurtuluş mücadeleleri'' (1977) *''Silahsizlanma gereği'' (1979) *''What Really Happened in Geneva: The Truth about the "Whitaker Report"'' (1986) *''Talât Paşa'ya atfedilen Andonian "belgeler"i sahtedir!'' (1986) *''An Armenian Source: Hovhannes Katchaznouni'' (1989) *''Çatışmaların kaynağı olarak ayrımcılık'' (1996) *''The inquisition of the late 1980s: the Turks of Bulgaria'' (1990) *''The 'Armenian Question': Conflict, Trauma & Objectivity'' (1997) *''The Armenians in The Late Ottoman Period'' (2001) *''Kashmir and Neighbours: Tale, Terror, Truce'' (2001) *Aydın' kime demeli?'' (2005) *''The British Blue Books: Vehicles of War Propaganda, 1914-18'' (2006) *''America, NATO and Turkey'' (2006) *''Ermeni Belge Düzmeciliği'' (2006) *''Osmanlı Ermenilerine Ne Oldu?'' (2007) *''The "Confessions" of Boghos Nubar, a Leading Armenian: 1915–18'' (2018)

Awards

*Golden Honorary Medal, International Progress Organization (2005)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ataov, Turkkaya 1932 births Academic staff of Ankara University Living people Deniers of the Armenian genocide Turkish political scientists Syracuse University alumni New York University alumni People from Gelibolu