Avni Özgürel
Mehmet Avni Özgürel (born 1948, in Ankara) is a Turkish journalist, author and screenwriter. He currently writes for the newspaper Radikal. According to Today's Zaman, he is "known for his close ties to Turkey's National Intelligence Organization".[1] He has interviewed the PKK's Murat Karayılan.[2]
He is the screenwriter of the 2007 Turkish film Zincirbozan, on the 1980 Turkish coup d'état,[3] Sultan Avrupa'da (2009), on Sultan Abdülaziz's 1867 trip to Europe;[4] and of the 2010 Mahpeyker: Kösem Sultan, on Kösem Sultan.[5] He is the screenwriter and producer of 2014 Turkish film Darbe, on the February 07, 2012 Turkish intelligence crisis.[6]
In 2013 he was appointed a member of the 63-member Committee of Wise Men convened to assist the Turkish-Kurdish solution process.[7]
Books
- İşaret taşları (2001), Timas Publishing Group
- Cumhuriyet ve din (2003), Ufuk Kitapları
- Osmanlı'ya hasret topraklar (2005), Ufuk Yayınları
- Ayrılıkçı hareketler: Ziya Gökalp'in Kürt Dosyası ekiyle' (2006), Altın Kitaplar
- Portreler galerisi : küllenen izler (2009), Etkileșim Yayınları
- Osmanlı'dan Cumhuriyet'e iktidar oyunu (2009), Etkileşim Yayınları
References
- ↑ Today's Zaman, 17 December 2012, Journalist says he saw Öcalan at MİT foundation in 1960s Archived December 31, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Today's Zaman, 18 June 2012, British intelligence played mediator role for Oslo talks Archived June 27, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Today's Zaman, 14 April 2007, Military coup takes center stage at İstanbul film fest Archived October 31, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Hurriyet Daily News, 16 August 2009, A documentary to discover Turkey's place in Europe
- ↑ Hurriyet Daily News, 14 September 2010, Turkish screenwriter tells Ottoman history through one woman's life
- ↑ http://www.sabah.com.tr/gundem/2014/07/14/mit-mustesari-ve-basbakani-belirlemislerdi
- ↑ Today's Zaman, 3 April 2013, Government reveals 63-member wise men list to advance settlement process Archived June 2, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.