Mümtaz'er Türköne, (born 1956 in

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), is a Turkish academic and author. He was a faculty member at

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from 1993 to 2007 and was a columnist for the '' Zaman'' and its English-language sister ''

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''. In the 1990s Türköne was a member of the ''Analitik Grubu'' group of advisors to Prime Minister

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. In January 2012 Türköne resigned from the Atatürk Culture, Language and History Institution, a month after being appointed by President

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. His appointment had been criticised as Türköne had previously described Atatürkism as a "closed minded and bigoted" ideology. He is the ex-husband of former AKP deputy

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Awards

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2006, "Media/thought" category Hurriyet Daily News, 4 January 2007
Turkish Writers Union honors intellectuals of Turkey
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Books

* ''Siyasi İdeoloji Olarak İslamcılığın Doğuşu'' * ''Cemaleddin Afgani'' (on

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) * Siyaset * Darbe Peşinde Koşan Bir Nesil 68 Kuşağı * Sözde Askerler * Türkiye'nin Kayıp Halkası * Türklük ve Kürtlük * Türk Modernleşmesi * Modernleşme, Laiklik * Siyasi, Tarihi, Dini ve Kültürel Boyutlarıyla İslam ve Şiddet * ''Türkler ve İslamiyet'' (with

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and

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.) * ''Kürt Meselesi Nasıl Çözülmez?'' (with Hüseyin Yayman)

References

External links

www.mumtazerturkone.com
* ''

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 ...

'', 13 October 2008
Mümtazer Türköne: ‘Askeri devlet kurmak istiyorlar’
(interview) {{DEFAULTSORT:Turkone, Mumtaz'er 1956 births Living people Academics from Istanbul Academic staff of Gazi University Ankara University Faculty of Political Sciences alumni Zaman (newspaper) people