Haluk Şahin Explained

Haluk Şahin
Birth Place:Istanbul, Turkey
Education:Istanbul University
Occupation:Journalist, academic and television producer

Haluk Şahin is a Turkish journalist, academic and television producer. Having received his PhD from Indiana University in 1974, he was a lecturer at Istanbul Bilgi University as of 2013.[1]

Shortly after the release of the film Troy in 2004, an article in Radikal written by Şahin and entitled "Were the Trojans Turks?" attracted public interest and generated a debate over the significance of Troy and the Trojan War in modern Turkey.[2] In 2006, he was among five journalists who stood trial on charges of attempting to influence the outcome of a trial through their writing, and of publicly denigrating Turkish identity and the institutions of the Turkish state.[3] The charges were later dropped.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Turkish Media's Moral Bankruptcy: An Interview with Haluk Sahin. 10 June 2013. 23 November 2013. Jadaliyya. Zeynep. Alemdar.
  2. Book: Gür, Ash. 68. Political Excavations of the Anatolian Past: Nationalism and Archaeology in Turkey. Controlling the Past, Owning the Future: The Political Uses of Archaeology in the Middle East. Ran. Boytner. Lynn. Swartz Dodd. Bradley J.. Parker. University of Arizona Press. Tucson. 2010. 9780816527953 . 23 November 2013.
  3. Web site: Trial of Five Journalists Adjourned. 8 February 2006. 23 November 2013. Bianet.
  4. Web site: urope: Turkey: Charges Against 4 Journalists Dropped; Fifth To Be Tried. 12 April 2006. 23 November 2013. The New York Times.

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