Cavit Orhan Tütengil (1921 – December 7, 1979) was a Turkish sociologist, writer and columnist, who was murdered.
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He was born in Sebil, a village of Tarsus, in Mersin province of Turkey. Following his primary education in his hometown, he attended Haydarpaşa High school in Istanbul finishing in 1940. Tütengil studied philosophy at Istanbul University and graduated with a degree in 1944.
Between 1944 and 1953, Tütengil served as a high school teacher for philosophy in Antalya and Diyarbakır, and worked in village institutes as well.
In 1953, Cavit Orhan Tütengil started his academic career by entering Faculty of Economics at Istanbul University as an assistant for sociology. He conducted his Ph.D. on "Political and Economic Opinions of Montesquieu", which brought him 1957 the Science Award of Turkish Language Association. He became associate professor in 1960, and from 1970 on, he served as professor. The Ministry of National Education sent him in 1962 for two years to England.
He was one of the most original Turkish sociologists. His basic field of interest focused on development sociology. To his opinion, Turkey is a transition country and the compass should be Atatürk's thoughts. Having excellent command of Turkish language, he wrote his Kemalist opinions in his column in the leftist newspaper Cumhuriyet many years long.
Cavit Orhan Tütengil was murdered early in the morning on December 7, 1979 on the way to university at a city bus stop in Levent, Istanbul. The four assassins gunned him in crossfire and left a notice signed "Anti Terör Birliği" (Anti terror Unit) on the crime scene.[1] The assassination remained unsolved.