Kamuran Gürün (1924 – 20 July 2004) was a Turkish diplomat. Kamuran Gürün was born in Istanbul in 1924. He studied at

Galatasaray High School Galatasaray High School (, ), established in Istanbul in 1481, is the oldest and Selective school, highly selective high school in Turkey. It is also the second-oldest Turkish educational institution after Istanbul University, which was establi ...

's School of Political Science and at

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's Faculty of Political Sciences. In 1948, he entered the Foreign Ministry. After serving in various internal and external posts of the Ministry, he was appointed Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Affairs, serving between 1963-1967. In addition, he was appointed to the newly established Inter-Ministerial Economic Committee of the General Secretariat. In 1967 he was appointed as ambassador to Bucharest. In the same year he married Gencay Gurun. In 1970 he became a member of the OECD Permanent Delegation. In 1972, he was appointed to the Turkish Embassy in Athens. In 1976 he returned to the headquarters of the High Counsel. In 1978 he was appointed as Secretary General of

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, and then as the Secretary General of Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1980 (Counsellor). He retired in 1982, voluntarily. He got frequently involved in radio and television between the years 1984-86. He held appointments on the Faculty of Political Sciences in Ankara (1983–85), followed by

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Institute in the European Community (1986), giving lectures on Revolutionary History and Turkish Foreign Policy. Between 1986-1994 he wrote a column in the newspaper ''

Hürriyet ''Hürriyet'' (, ''Liberty'') is a major List of newspapers in Turkey, Turkish newspaper, founded in 1948. it had the highest circulation of any newspaper in Turkey at around 319,000. ''Hürriyet'' combines entertainment with news coverage and ...

'' on foreign policy. He is also the author of ''The Armenian File: The Myth of Innocence Exposed'', in which he denies the

Armenian genocide The Armenian genocide was the systematic destruction of the Armenians, Armenian people and identity in the Ottoman Empire during World War I. Spearheaded by the ruling Committee of Union and Progress (CUP), it was implemented primarily t ...

.''The Armenian File''
@ Amazon.com He died on 20 July 2004, aged 80 and was buried in

Zincirlikuyu Cemetery The Zincirlikuyu Cemetery () is a modern burial ground in the European part of Istanbul, Turkey. It is administered by the Metropolitan Municipality. Many prominent figures from the world of politics, business, sports and arts rest here. The ce ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gurun, Kamuran 1924 births 2004 deaths Central Treaty Organisation officials 20th-century Turkish diplomats Deniers of the Armenian genocide Burials at Zincirlikuyu Cemetery Turkish expatriates in Romania Turkish expatriates in Greece Ambassadors of Turkey to Romania