Ahmet Abakay

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Ahmet Abakay

Ahmet Abakay (born April 3, 1950 in Divriği near Sivas ) is a Turkish journalist, writer and chairman of the national association of contemporary journalists ( Çağdaş Gazeteciler Derneği ). He is the author of the books Hoşana'nın Son Sözü (“The Last Word of Hoshana”) and Bakan Danışmanı'nın Not Defteri (“Ministerial Advisor's Notebook”). His latest book Hoşana'nın Son Sözü from 2013 is about his mother, who revealed her Armenian identity weeks before her death. Abakay received harsh criticism from family members for the publication of the book.

Life

Ahmet Abakay was born the son of an Alevi Turk and an Armenian woman who was saved from the Armenian genocide as a child . He received his early education at a secondary school in Erzincan . He graduated from Ankara University , where he eventually graduated. He was a correspondent for numerous different Turkish newspapers and news agencies such as İsta Haber, Vatan , Anka and Özgür Gündem . Ahmet Abakay was also involved in founding the Association of Contemporary Journalists of Turkey. The association, of which Alaatin Orhan was a founding member, was established on February 23, 1973. Ahmet Abakay was elected chairman in 1982. By the end of its chairmanship in 1989, the organization had 1,100 members across the country. From 1992 to 2004 he was press advisor in the Prime Minister's office and a minister of state. Ahmet Abakay became chairman of the Union of Contemporary Journalists again in 2005 and has held this office to this day (as of 2014).

Ahmet Abakay, a critic of the treatment of journalists in Turkish society, stated that "those who are not affiliated with the government cannot survive in the media. Media workers live in fear. "

Ahmet Abakay is married and has one daughter.

Fate of his mother

Ahmet Abakay and his mother Hoşana

“My mother told me about her story 13 years ago, and soon after that she died. I was not able to write this down until ten years later because I hesitated. I hardly wrote it down, and I burst into tears as I wrote all the chapters I was in. I didn't imagine it would get so sentimental for me to write it. My mother was left outside some people's door like an innocent kitten, and the thought filled me with sadness. "

- Ahmet Abakay :  - about his writing

In 2013, Ahmet Abakay wrote a book called Hoşana'nın Son Sözü (“The Last Word of Hoshana”), which describes the life of his mother named Hoşana. In the book, Ahmet Abakay published that his mother told him about her Armenian identity weeks before her death. She kept it a secret for 82 years because “she lived in fear.” Ahmet Abakay's mother told him not to reveal this secret to anyone. She was saved from the genocide of the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire in 1915 because she was thrown at the door of an Alevi Turk as a child . Because of his publications, Ahmet Abakay received numerous threats from his family - and especially from the children of his uncle, who said: “How dare you call our aunt Armenian and insult our family honor . You will remove the Armenian part of your book, otherwise we will take it off the shelves. "

Works

Some of Ahmet Abakay's writings are:

  • Politics Göçmenler (Amaç Yayınları, 1988)
  • Bu Oyuna Gelmeyin (Amaç Yayınları, 1990)
  • "Notebook of the Ministerial Advisor " (Turkish: Bakan Danışmanı'nın Not Defteri ) (İmge Kitabevi Yayınları, 2008)
  • "The last word of Hoshana" (Turkish : Hoşana'nın Son Sözü ) (2013)

Individual evidence

Commons : Ahmet Abakay  - collection of images, videos and audio files
  1. ↑ a b c d e AHMET ABAKAY KİMDİR? (No longer available online.) E-Bülten Mülkiyeliler Birliği, archived from the original on October 15, 2013 ; Retrieved December 29, 2013 (Turkish).
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Vercihan Ziflioglu: My mother was Armenian, journalist group chair reveals. In: Hürriyet Daily News . Hürriyet , accessed October 14, 2013 .
  3. ↑ a b Ahmet Abakay: Annem, Ermeni olduğunu 82 yıl boyunca sakladı ... (No longer available online.) T24, archived from the original on September 28, 2013 ; Retrieved September 26, 2013 (Turkish).
  4. ↑ a b Tarihcesi. (No longer available online.) Official website of the Union of Contemporary Journalists, archived from the original on October 15, 2013 ; Retrieved December 29, 2013 .
  5. ^ Louis Whitman: Paying the price: freedom of expression in Turkey. Ed .: Tom Froncek. Helsinki Watch, [New York] 1989, ISBN 0-929692-15-2 , pp. 25 ( online ).
  6. ^ Opposition, lawyers and colleagues express outrage at new Ergenekon raids. Hürriyet Daily News , accessed March 3, 2011 .
  7. ↑ Turkish journalist Receives threats for publishing book. Armenpress, accessed October 8, 2013 .
personal data
SURNAME Abakay, Ahmet
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Turkish journalist, writer
DATE OF BIRTH April 3, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Divriği at Sivas