Ahmet Taner Kislali

Ahmet Taner K??lal? (July 10, 1939 - October 21, 1999) was a Turkish intellectual, political scientist, lawyer, journalist/author and politician.

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July 10 - 1939 - October 21 - 1999 - Turkish - Intellectual - Political scientist - Lawyer - Journalist - Author - Politician

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K??lal? was born on July 10, 1939, in Zile, Tokat, in Turkey. He completed his primary and secondary education in Kilis, and graduated from "Kabata? Erkek Lisesi" high school in ?stanbul in 1957.

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Zile - Tokat - Turkey - ?stanbul - 1957

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He graduated from School of Political Sciences at Ankara Üniversitesi, in 1963. During his college years he also worked in "Yeni Gün" newspaper, published in Ankara. He got his Ph.D. on " Ça?da? Türkiye'de Siyasal Güçler" (Political Powers in Contemporary Turkey) from the University of Paris, Department of Constitutional Law and Political Science. He started his academic life as a lecturer in Hacettepe Üniversitesi, Ankara. He then moved to School of Political Sciences at Ankara University and became an assistant professor, and later an associate professor in 1977.

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Ankara Üniversitesi - 1963 - Ankara - University of Paris - Hacettepe Üniversitesi - 1977

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In 1977 he was elected to the Turkish parliament, Grand National Assembly of Turkey, as deputy of ?zmir. Between the years 1978-1979 he was appointed to position of Ministry of Culture, by Bülent Ecevit. During his term of ministry, he restarted the effort of printing classical works by the state press, making these available to masses at cheap prices.

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Grand National Assembly of Turkey - ?zmir - 1978 - 1979 - Bülent Ecevit

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After the military coup of September 12, 1980, he went back to the academia and became a full professor in 1988. He continued to gave lectures on political science in Department of Communication in Ankara University, after his retirement. Starting from 1991, he had a reqular column in leftist "Cumhuriyet" newspaper with the title "Haftaya Bak??" (A View of the Week).

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Military coup - September 12 - 1980 - 1988 - 1991

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K??lal? was killed in Ankara, on October 21, 1999, after handling a bomb which had been placed on his car. His death is thought to have been the work of Islamic militants.

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Ankara - Bomb - Islamic militants

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