Ahmet Taner Kışlalı
Ahmet Taner Kışlalı | |
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Minister of Culture of Turkey | |
In office 5 January 1978 – 12 November 1979 | |
Preceded by | Avni Akyol |
Succeeded by | Tevfik Koraltan |
Personal details | |
Born | Zile, Tokat, Turkey | 10 July 1939
Died | 21 October 1999 Ankara, Turkey | (aged 60)
Website | ahmettanerkislali |
Ahmet Taner Kışlalı (10 July 1939 – 21 October 1999) was a Turkish professor, politician, and commentator[1] who was assassinated. He served in the Parliament of Turkey in 1977 and was minister of culture in 1978 and 1979.
Biography
Kışlalı completed his primary and secondary education in
Kışlalı received a degree from the School of Political Sciences at Ankara University, in 1963. During his college years, he also worked in the newspaper Yeni Gün, published in Ankara. He got his PhD on "Çağdaş Türkiye'de Siyasal Güçler" (Political Powers in Contemporary Turkey) from the University of Paris, Department of Constitutional Law and Political Science. He started his academic life as a lecturer in Hacettepe University, Ankara. He then moved to School of Political Sciences at Ankara University and became an assistant professor, and later an associate professor in 1977.
Politically, he was a Kemalist who adopted the views of democratic socialism and social democracy.[2][3][4] In 1977 he was elected to the Turkish parliament, Grand National Assembly of Turkey, as deputy of İzmir. Between the years 1978 and 1979, he was appointed to position of ministry of culture, by prime minister Bülent Ecevit. During his term of ministry, he restarted the effort of printing classical works by the state press, making these available to masses at reasonable prices.
After the
Assassination
On 21 October 1999, shortly after having faxed his article to Cumhuriyet at 9:40 h local time, Ahmet Taner Kışlalı left his home and headed for his car. As he got in the car, he noticed a package placed at the windshield wiper. He picked it up with his left arm, and at that moment an explosion occurred tearing off his left arm at elbow. His wristwatch penetrated into his head together with bomb shrapnel. His wife Nilüfer Kışlalı arranged for his immediate delivery to a hospital, where however his death only was ascertained.[5]
After memorial services held at the
See also
References
- ^ "Ahmet Taner Kislali". Committee to Protect Journalists. 21 October 1999. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
- ^ Kışlalı, Ahmet Taner (30 December 1999). "Ahmet Taner Kışlalı – İdeolojisi ve Kemalizm..." Ahmet Taner Kışlalı (in Turkish). Retrieved 12 August 2023.
- ^ Kışlalı, Ahmet Taner (18 December 1999). "Ahmet Taner Kışlalı – 'Tarihsel Sentez'e Doğru!". Ahmet Taner Kışlalı (in Turkish). Retrieved 12 August 2023.
- ^ Kışlalı, Ahmet Taner (7 June 1992). "Ahmet Taner Kışlalı – Demokratik Sol mu? Sosyal Demokrasi mi?". Ahmet Taner Kışlalı (in Turkish). Retrieved 12 August 2023.
- ^ "Yine o meçhul fail". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 22 October 1999. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
- ^ "Ahmet Taner Kışlalı 4 ayrı yerde tören". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 23 October 1999. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
External links
- Who is who entry page in belgenet (in Turkish)
- Ahmet Taner Kışlalı – official website (in Turkish)
- Ahmet Taner Kışlalı at IMDb