Ahmet Alper Görmüş (born 21 November 1952) is a Turkish journalist and writer, formerly a columnist for ''

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 circulati ...

'' and ''

Yeni Aktüel ''Yeni Aktüel'' ("New News" in Turkish; increasingly downplays the "Yeni" and may be referred to simply as ''Aktüel'') is a Turkish weekly news magazine. History and profile The magazine was established in 1991 by Ercan Arıklı. The first is ...

''. He was the editor-in-chief of the news weekly ''

Nokta ''Nokta'' ("Point" in Turkish) was a leading Turkish weekly political news magazine. Founded in 1983, it was closed down by its owner in 2007 under military pressure after revealing several coup plots. Revived in 2015, it was closed again in th ...

'' (2006-7). He was previously a contributor to '' Aydınlık'' (1977 - 1980), working outside journalism in a variety of roles after it was closed down following the 1980 Turkish coup d'état. He resumed journalism at ''

'' (1986 - 1990), and was then editor-in-chief of ''

'' (1991 - 1995). He received the Hrant Dink International Award in 2009, with Amira Hass. Today's Zaman, 17 September 2009
Journalists Görmüş and Haas receive International Dink Award

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gormus, Alper 1952 births Living people Turkish journalists Turkish writers People from Kars Taraf people Academic staff of Istanbul Bilgi University