Emin Çölaşan

Emin Çölaşan (born March 14, 1942 in Ankara ) is a Turkish publicist and journalist whose daily column was published in Hürriyet for 22 years from 1985 to 2007 . Because of his clear positions on domestic political issues, he is considered one of the critical figures in the Turkish press. Since 2007 he has continued his column in Sözcü .

Emin Çölaşan (2008)

Family background

Emin Çölaşan was born into a family from Crete whose last name literally means "desert crosser", which refers to his grandfather, who was exiled by the Ottoman Sultan Abdülhamid II for seven years in the Fessan desert in what is now Libya because of his membership in the Young Turk movement . His maternal grandfather, Refik Şevket İnce, born in Polichnitos near Mytilene on what is now the Greek island of Lesbos , served Mustafa Kemal Ataturk and held several ministerial posts from the 1920s to 1950s. Çölaşan's father worked in the State Meteorological Service, where he was general director for 14 years.

Çölaşan and his wife Tansel (* 1943), who was a senior member of the Turkish State Council , are now presidents of Ataturkçü Düşünce Derneği .

Education and career

Çölaşan graduated from TED Ankara College and graduated from Middle East Technical University . For a decade he worked in various public institutions, including the State Planning Office , the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Commerce and the PETKİM . From 1972 to 1974 he prepared research with İcen Börtücene for the Istanbul daily Milliyet and received the award for the best writings of the year twice in a row from Ali Naci Karacan Yazı Yarışması . Çölaşan began his journalistic career at Milliyet in 1977 . He joined Hürriyet as a regular columnist in 1985 , an influential position he held for nearly half a century. He is also the author of numerous books, most of which relate to grievances in government and public circles in the country.

In 2007 he was awarded the Sertel Prize for Democracy Sertel Demokrasi Ödülü .

Reviews

Emin Çölaşan was a critic of Prime Minister Turgut Özal (1983-1989) who became the subject of his bestsellers in the 1980s - Turgut'un Serüveni [Turgut's Adventure] and Turgut Nereden Koşuyor? [Where did Turgut come running from?] . In the late 2000s, he focused his attacks on rival columnists and the Justice and Recovery Party (AKP) Mayor of Ankara Melih Gökçek . The two eventually appeared in a televised debate that received a warning from the state censorship agency for indecency . Çölaşan also criticized the current AKP government, which is why he was dismissed by the Hürriyet on August 13, 2007 after 22 years of service . A staunch and passionate Kemalist , he accused the government of reactionary acts and Islamism .

Works (selection)

• 24 Ocak Bir Dönemin Perde Arkası, 1983 - Dizi
• 12 Eylül Özal Economist Perde Arkası, 1984 - Dizi
• Yalçın'ı Kim Kurtaracak ?, 1985.
• Yalçın Nereye Koşuyor, 1985.
• Banker Scandalı'nın Perde Arkası, 1985.
• İcraatın İçinden, 1986 - Röportaj
• Önce İnsanım Sonra Gazeteci, 1987.
• Biz Kırk Kişiyiz Birbirimizi Biliriz, 1987 - Röportaj
• Turgut Nereden Koşuyor ?, Tekin Yayınevi, İstanbul, 1989.
• Bir Dönemin Yazıları 1988–1989, Tekin Yayınevi, 1990, ISBN 975-478-054-4 .
• Turgut'un Serüveni, Tekin Yayınevi, İstanbul, 1993, ISBN 975-478-077-3 .
• Sor Bakalım !, Tekin Yayınevi, İstanbul, 1993, ISBN 975-478-000-5 - Röportaj
• Muhteşem İkili, Ümit Yayıncılık, Ankara, 1998, ISBN 975-7115-46-0 .
• Ah Refah Vah Refah, Ümit Yayıncılık, Ankara, 1998, ISBN 975-7115-42-8 .
• Tarihe Düşülen Notlar, Ümit Yayıncılık, Ankara, 2000, ISBN 975-7115-92-4 .
• Unutulmayan Söyleşiler Tarihe Düşülen Notlar, 2006.
• Şu Benim Gazetecilik "Yaşadıklarım", Doğan Kitap, 2005, ISBN 975-293-284-3 .
• Kovulduk Ey Halkım Unutma Bizi, Bilgi Yayınevi, 2007, ISBN 978-975-22-0237-5 .
• Her Kuşun Eti Yenmez, Bilgi Yayınevi 2008, ISBN 978-975-22-0270-2 .
• Sakıncalı Gazeteci, Bilgi Yayınevi 2009, ISBN 978-975-22-0299-3 .

Web links

• Archive of articles by Emin Çölaşan

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Emin Çölaşan: Vay vay vay! In: Hürriyet. August 14, 2007, accessed August 3, 2008 . 
2. ↑ State Meteorological Service ( Memento of the original from February 25, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ^ Ataturk Thought Association
4. ↑ Emin Çölaşan: Önce insanım Sonra Gazeteci. Bilgi Yayınevi, Ankara 2008, pp. 105–120.
5. ↑ Çölaşan ve Tuncay Özkan´a ödül. Kanal 7, December 4, 2007, accessed September 14, 2012 (Turkish). 
6. ↑ Sibel Huertas: Çölaşan'a kötü haber (in Turkish) . In: Gazeteport , October 4, 2007. Archived from the original on May 22, 2009 Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved August 3, 2008.  
7. ↑ Ankara'nın Gündemi (video). In: TGRT , March 29, 2007. 
8. ↑ RTÜK Çölaşan-Gökçek tartışmasından dolayı TGRT'yi uyardı. In: Cihan. Yeni Şafak , April 4, 2007, accessed August 3, 2008 (Turkish). 
9. ↑ EÖ / EÜ / AG: Hürriyet journalist Çölaşan Dismissed. (No longer available online.) In: Bianet. August 17, 2008, archived from the original on November 20, 2008 ; Retrieved August 3, 2008 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
10. ↑ Soner Cagaptay : Turkey Versus Turkey . In: The Wall Street Journal , July 8, 2008. Retrieved August 3, 2008.