Misplaced Pages

Aydoğan Vatandaş: Difference between revisions

Article snapshot taken from[REDACTED] with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Browse history interactively← Previous editNext edit →Content deleted Content addedVisualWikitext
Revision as of 02:45, 23 May 2010 editMZMcBride (talk | contribs)Extended confirmed users190,645 edits +Category:Living people← Previous edit Revision as of 12:59, 12 August 2010 edit undoJohn of Reading (talk | contribs)Autopatrolled, Extended confirmed users, Pending changes reviewers768,654 editsm Typo and General fixing, replaced: the the → the using AWBNext edit →
Line 1: Line 1:
'''Aydoğan Vatandaş''' (b.1974) is an ] from ], specializing in religion, military affairs and US-Mideast politics. He is the author of 11 books, many of which have become bestsellers in Turkey. <ref>http://www.kimkimdir.gen.tr/kimkimdir.php?id=3246</ref> '''Aydoğan Vatandaş''' (b.1974) is an ] from ], specializing in religion, military affairs and US-Mideast politics. He is the author of 11 books, many of which have become bestsellers in Turkey.<ref>http://www.kimkimdir.gen.tr/kimkimdir.php?id=3246</ref>


==Life & work== ==Life & work==
He attended the Turkish "Naval High School"' and later attended the Turkish "Naval War College", where he won a national youth poetry prize. He resigned from college in 1995 to begin working at the the weekly newsmagazine "Aksiyon" and later enrolled at ''Faith University''. A year later, he published his first book: "Armageddon", about ] in the Mideast and its influence on Turkish interests in ]. Using ] Turkish military documents, he revealed American intentions to help establish an independent ] state in Northern Iraq. He was brought to trial by the Turkish military for this book, but was later found innocent. He attended the Turkish "Naval High School"' and later attended the Turkish "Naval War College", where he won a national youth poetry prize. He resigned from college in 1995 to begin working at the weekly newsmagazine "Aksiyon" and later enrolled at ''Faith University''. A year later, he published his first book: "Armageddon", about ] in the Mideast and its influence on Turkish interests in ]. Using ] Turkish military documents, he revealed American intentions to help establish an independent ] state in Northern Iraq. He was brought to trial by the Turkish military for this book, but was later found innocent.


While still in Turkey, he hosted a weekly TV discussion program called "Black Box". He is currently working on a ] in ] at ] in ]. While still in Turkey, he hosted a weekly TV discussion program called "Black Box". He is currently working on a ] in ] at ] in ].
Line 18: Line 18:
==External links== ==External links==
* *



] ]

Revision as of 12:59, 12 August 2010

Aydoğan Vatandaş (b.1974) is an investigative journalist from Turkey, specializing in religion, military affairs and US-Mideast politics. He is the author of 11 books, many of which have become bestsellers in Turkey.

Life & work

He attended the Turkish "Naval High School"' and later attended the Turkish "Naval War College", where he won a national youth poetry prize. He resigned from college in 1995 to begin working at the weekly newsmagazine "Aksiyon" and later enrolled at Faith University. A year later, he published his first book: "Armageddon", about U.S. foreign policy in the Mideast and its influence on Turkish interests in Iraq. Using classified Turkish military documents, he revealed American intentions to help establish an independent Kurdish state in Northern Iraq. He was brought to trial by the Turkish military for this book, but was later found innocent.

While still in Turkey, he hosted a weekly TV discussion program called "Black Box". He is currently working on a Master's degree in Media Studies at The New School in Manhattan. He is also a reporter and columnist for the Cihan News Agency, and his commentaries can be read in Today's Zaman.

Books (in Turkish)

  • ASALA Operations, 2005 (Alfa): an investigation into an Armenian terrorist group linked to the murders of Turkish diplomats between 1975-84.
  • Secret of Barnabas, 2007 (Timaş, Fiction) Based on a true story, it tells about an early Aramaic gospel found in a tomb in the early 80's in Hakkari, a city in southern Turkey.
  • Apokrifal, 2008 (Timaş) One year later, he interviewed a professor of Aramaic about how the gospel was discovered and the criminal activities surrounding it.
  • Monşer, 2009 (Timaş) The story of a powerful Turkish family involved in the formation of the modern Turkish state.

References

  1. http://www.kimkimdir.gen.tr/kimkimdir.php?id=3246
  2. "The Ergenekon case and The New York Times story", Today's Zaman, 26 November 2009
  3. "To publish or not is the question", Today's Zaman, 04 October 2009

External links

Categories:
Aydoğan Vatandaş: Difference between revisions Add topic