Uğur Dündar (born 28 August 1943) is a Turkish journalist, anchorman, political commentator, and writer.
He was born in Akören village of
Silivri
Silivri, formerly Selymbria (Greek: Σηλυμβρία), is a city and a district in Istanbul Province along the Sea of Marmara in Turkey, outside the urban core of Istanbul, containing many holiday and weekend homes for residents of the city. The ...
district in
Istanbul Province
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. He graduated from
Istanbul University
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, latin_name = Universitas Istanbulensis
, motto = tr, Tarihten Geleceğe Bilim Köprüsü
, mottoeng = Science Bridge from Past to the Future
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's Institute of Journalism. He joined
Turkish Radio and Television Corporation
The Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT; Turkish : ) is the national public broadcaster of Turkey, founded in 1964. TRT was for many years the only television and radio provider in Turkey. Before the introduction of commercial radio ...
in 1970 and built a journalistic career over more than 20 years. Until 2011 Dündar was the anchorman of
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where he headed the news team.
Currently, he is writing for ''
Sözcü
''Sözcü'' (English: ''Spokesperson'') is a popular Turkish daily newspaper. ''Sözcü'' was first published on 27 June 2007 by Burak Akbay and is distributed nationwide. As of June 2018, it is one of the top-selling newspapers in Turkey, with a ...
'' and has a program on
Halk TV.
He is chairman of the high council of
Fenerbahçe SK since 9th April 2022 and also was board member between 20 February 2000 – 3 March 2002.
Aziz Yıldırım's Boards
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Biography
* ''Haramzade'' (1995, with Haluk Şahin
Haluk Şahin is a Turkish journalist, academic and television producer. Having received his PhD from Indiana University in 1974, he was a lecturer at Istanbul Bilgi University
Istanbul Bilgi University ( tr, İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi), of ...
)
* ''Haramzadenin Dönüşü'' (2006, with Haluk Şahin)
* ''İşte Hayatım, Uğur Dündar'' (2010, with Nedim Şener), Doğan Kitapçılık
* ''İyi Uykular Sayın Seyirciler'' (2012)
* ''Yalandan Kim Ölmüş'', (2013, with Orhan Baykal)
* ''Pazarlık Yok'' (2015)
* ''Vah Ülkem Vah'' (2016)
* ''Ya Atatürk Olmasaydı'' (2017)
* ''O Halde Biz Anlatalım'' (2018)
References
External links
Uğur Dündar's Arena NewsA biography of Uğur Dündar
*https://twitter.com/ugurdundarsozcu
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1943 births
Living people
People from Silivri
Turkish journalists
Turkish writers
Turkish television news anchors
Turkish secularists
Sözcü people
Fenerbahçe S.K. board members
Istanbul University alumni
Vefa High School alumni