|
Tuba Çandar
Tuba Çandar (born 1948) is a Turkish people, Turkish journalist and author of biographies of three leading Turkish intellectuals. Her 700-page biography of the murdered Armenian journalist Hrant Dink's life "Hrant" (2010) is a best-seller in Turkey for which she interviewed 125 people. Early life Born in 1948, Tuba Çandar attended the Austrian High School in Istanbul. She received an AFS Intercultural Programs scholarship and completed her studies in the USA. Çandar received her bachelor's degree in political science and international relations at the Ankara University in 1979. Publishing career Çandar went to exile in Germany after the 1971 Turkish military memorandum, military coup of March 1971, and following the amnesty, she returned to Turkey where she became the editor-in-chief of ''Bizim Almanca'' magazine under the Turkish daily ''Cumhuriyet''. She worked as an editor at ''Gergedan'' magazine and freelanced for various dailies including ''Yeni Yüzyıl'', penning pie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ankara University
Ankara University () is a public university, public research university in Ankara, the capital of Turkey. It was the first higher education institution founded in Turkey after the History of the Republic of Turkey, formation of the Turkish republic in 1923. History Ankara University was established by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the first president of Turkey, and is one of the country’s leading educational institutions. The university's history dates back to the founding of the Faculty of Political Science, Ankara University, Faculty of Political Science in 1859, which was originally established in Istanbul as an institution to educate the Ottoman Empire's bureaucracy. The faculty underwent various transformations over time. Initially known as ''Mekteb-i Mülkiye-i Şahane'' under the Ministry of the Interior (Turkey), Turkish Ministry of the Interior, it was later renamed ''Mekteb-i Mülkiye'' in 1918 under the Ministry of National Education (Turkey), Turkish Ministry of Education ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |