Doğan Avcıoğlu
Appearance
Doğan Avcıoğlu | |
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Born | 1926 Mustafakemalpaşa, Turkey |
Died | 4 November 1983 Istanbul, Turkey | (aged 56–57)
Resting place | Büyükada, Istanbul |
Education | Political sciences and economy |
Occupation(s) | Journalist, writer |
Political party | Republican People's Party |
Spouse | Sevil (Yurdakul) Avcıoğlu |
Children | 2 |
Doğan Avcıoğlu (1926 – 4 November 1983) was a Turkish writer, journalist and politician.
Biography
Doğan Avcıoğlu was born in
TÜRK-İŞ, the Confederation of Turkish Trade Unions. Between 1968 and 1969, he was a member of the consultative committee of CHP. Following the 1971 Turkish military memorandum, he was arrested, but was acquitted.[1]
He died on 4 November 1983 in Istanbul from stomach cancer. He was buried in Büyükada.[2]
Periodicals
Avcıoğlu was among the contributors of the Forum magazine in the 1950s.[3] Between 1961 and 1967, he collaborated with Mümtaz Soysal and Cemal Reşit Eyüboğlu to publish Yön, a political magazine, which was an important socialist periodical. Between 1969 and 1971, he published Devrim, a weekly newspaper on the same track.[4]
Books
He wrote a number of books some in several volumes:[5]
- Atatürkçülük Milliyetçilik, Sosyalizm ("Kemalism, Nationalism, Socialism")
- Devrin ve Demokrasi Üzerine ("On Revolution and Democracy")
- Türkiye'nin Düzeni ("Organisation of Turkey")
- Milli Kurtuluş Tarihi ("History of National Salvation")
- 31 Martta Yabancı Parmağı ("Foreign Intervention to 31 March Incident")
- Osmanlı'nın Düzeni ("Organisation of the Ottoman Empire")- post mortem book
- Turklerin Tarihi 5 Cilt' ("History of Turks 5 Volumes")
References
- ^ Turkish info Who's who (in Turkish)
- ^ Soner Yalçın's article in Hürriyet newspaper (in Turkish)
- ^ Özlem Kırlı Baydur. "Forum Dergisi". Atatürk Encyclopedia (in Turkish).
- .
- ^ "Odakitap page". Archived from the original on 2016-07-16. Retrieved 2017-10-10.