Toktamış Ateş (4 April 1944 – 19 January 2013) was a Turkish academic, political commentator, columnist and writer. He was professor of

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Biography

Toktamış Ateş was born in

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. After graduating from St. George's Austrian Secondary School and Vefa High School, he was admitted to Istanbul University Faculty of Economics and received his BA degree in 1967. He started his academic career as a research assistant at department of political sciences in Istanbul University Faculty of Economics. He earned

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degree with a thesis entitled "Kuruluş Dönemi Osmanlı Toplumunun Siyasal Yapısı" ("Political Structure of the Ottoman Society in Establishment Period") in 1969 and became an

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(''doçent'') in 1974 at the same faculty. He became a

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in 1982. He lectured in Turkey, United States and Germany. He wrote daily columns for ''

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'' and '' Bugün''. He participated panel discussion program '' Siyaset Meydanı'' as a political commentator. He died on 19 January 2013 in Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine Hospital. His funeral was held at both Istanbul University and

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, and buried in

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on 21 January 2013.

References

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