Doğan Özgüden (born 1936 in
Kalecik, Ankara) is a
Turkish journalist
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Roles
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and publisher. A former editor of ''
Akşam'' (1964–1966), he has been based in
Belgium
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since 1974, having left Turkey after the
1971 military coup under threat of over 300 years in prison for his publications.
[ With Info-Türk co-founder Inci Tugsavul he was awarded the 2006 ''Ayse Zarakolu Freedom of Thought Prize'' by the Human Rights Association of Turkey for Info-Türk's journalism.
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Career
Özgüden worked at a variety of Turkish newspapers from 1952 to 1964, before becoming editor-in-chief of Turkish daily newspaper
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'' Akşam'' (1964–1966). A member of the Workers Party of Turkey (TIP), he was elected to the party's central committee in 1964.[
Together with Inci Tugsavul, Özgüden co-founded the Ant Publishing House in 1967, publishing the weekly '']Ant
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'' as well as a variety of books.[ Info-Türk]
Info-Türk Editors
/ref> After the banning of ''Ant'' by the junta of the 1971 military coup, its editors Özgüden and Tugsavul organized in Europe, founding Info-Türk in Brussels
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in 1974. The founders were charged with over 50 opinion-related crimes for articles written or published in ''Ant'', and were stripped of their Turkish nationality in 1984.[
In 2006 the Human Rights Association of Turkey awarded the 2006 ''Ayse Zarakolu Freedom of Thought Prize'' to Info-Türk co-founders Özgüden and Tugsavul.][ IFEX, 8 March 2006]
TURKISH JOURNALISTS SHARE HUMAN RIGHTS PRIZE
/ref> On the occasion of the award, IFEX said that Info-Türk had "tackled many subjects considered taboo in Turkey, including anti-Semitism and the question of the Armenian Genocide."[
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References
Bibliography
*https://www.rtbf.be/article/un-journaliste-d-origine-turque-sous-protection-apres-des-menaces-5216553
*https://www.lalibre.be/international/2008/12/13/dogan-ozguden-sous-protection-RKLHD264TZDT7H43STFQSFXZSU/
*https://medialatitudes.be/belgique-un-demi-siecle-dexil-dun-couple-de-journalistes-turcs/
Filmography
* Esra Yıldız, ''Stateless - Heitatlos'', 2023.["Sürgündeki gazeteciler Özgüden ve Tuğsavul’un hayatı film oldu", https://www.birgun.net/haber/surgundeki-gazeteciler-ozguden-ve-tugsavulun-hayati-film-oldu-442509]
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1936 births
Living people
People from Kalecik, Ankara
Workers' Party of Turkey politicians
Akşam people
20th-century Turkish journalists
Turkish refugees
Turkish magazine founders
Journalists from Ankara
People who lost Turkish citizenship