Doğan Avcıoğlu

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Doğan Avcıoğlu
Born1926
Died4 November 1983(1983-11-04) (aged 56–57)
Istanbul, Turkey
Resting placeBüyükada, Istanbul
EducationPolitical sciences and economy
Occupation(s)Journalist, writer
Political partyRepublican People's Party
SpouseSevil (Yurdakul) Avcıoğlu
Children2

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

  1. ^ Turkish info Who's who (in Turkish)
  2. ^ Soner Yalçın's article in Hürriyet newspaper (in Turkish)
  3. ^ Özlem Kırlı Baydur. "Forum Dergisi". Atatürk Encyclopedia (in Turkish).
  4. .
  5. ^ "Odakitap page". Archived from the original on 2016-07-16. Retrieved 2017-10-10.