Fehmi Koru

Fehmi Koru^§ (born 25 July 1950 in Izmir) is a Turkish columnist and journalist.

Background

He studied journalism and theology, receiving his masters degree from the Center for Middle Eastern Studies of Harvard University.^† He also worked as a research affiliate at the Center for International Studies of Massachusetts Institute of Technology.^[1]

Career

He was editor of the daily Milli Gazete (1984) and Zaman (1986-1987). He was also the chief editorial writer and Ankara Bureau Chief of Zaman until 1998. He wrote for daily Yeni Şafak from the beginning of 1999 till 2010. He also wrote for the Turkish Daily News (1998-2000).^[1]

He attended the 2006 Bilderberg meeting.^[2]

Books

His journalistic work has been published in five books in Turkish and one in English ("One Column Ahead") that collected some of his articles in the daily newspaper Turkish Daily News.

His article ‘Democracy and Islam: The Turkish Experiment’ came out in Sept/Oct 1996 issue of ‘Muslim Politics Report’ of the Council on Foreign Relations. In a November 2006 column, he identified his U.S. diplomatic source as the former ambassador to Turkey, Mark Robert Parris.

Personal life

He has a daughter, Zeynep Alemşah.^[3]

Notes

• ^§ Koru has used several aliases, including Bülent Şirin, Taha Kıvanç, Faruk Yeni, Fehmi Muzafferoğlu, and A. Akıncı.^[4][5][6] Koru says this occurred when he wrote several columns in a newspaper that had a shortage of journalists.

• ^† Some of Koru's peers have questioned his credentials, citing the unlikelihood of someone with an Islamic clerical education (İzmir İmam Hatip Lisesi) attending Harvard University,^[7] and incorrectly claiming that the CMES does not confer graduate degrees.^[8]

References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kalyoncu, Cemal A (2000-03-11). "Çok bilinen bir sır: Fehmi Koru". Aksiyon (in Turkish) (Feza Gazetecilik A.Ş.) 275. Retrieved 2008-09-23. 
2. ↑ "Bilderberg mi değişti yoksa Fehmi Koru mu?". Milliyet (in Turkish). 2002-05-08. Retrieved 2008-10-10.  |chapter= ignored (help)
3. ↑ "Fehmi Koru kızını evlendirdi, nikâh şahidi Gül ve Erdoğan". Zaman (in Turkish). 2008-10-26. Retrieved 2008-10-26. 
4. ↑ Kıvanç, Taha (2000-10-22). "Taha Kıvanç, Fehmi Koru, yani ben". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 2008-09-23. 
5. ↑ Kıvanç, Taha (2004-12-27). "Taha Kıvanç olmanın dayanılmaz ağırlığı". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 2008-09-23. 
6. ↑ Kıvanç, Taha (2005-12-03). "Adımı seveyim". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 2008-10-08. 
7. ↑ Eğin, Oray (2008-09-29). "Hadi şu diplomayı bir göster". Akşam (in Turkish). Retrieved 2008-10-09. 
8. ↑ About CMES Graduate Students, Harvard University: "CMES is home to more than 60 graduate students pursuing either an AM in Regional Studies - Middle East, or a joint PhD degree in Middle Eastern Studies and Anthropology, History, or History of Art and Architecture."