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 circula ...

'' 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'' (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 The 1980 Turkish coup d'état (), headed by Chief of the General Staff General Kenan Evren, was the third coup d'état in the history of the Republic of Turkey, the previous having been the 1960 coup and the 1971 coup by memorandum. During ...

. He resumed journalism at '' Nokta'' (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