Fehmi Koru

Fehmi Koru§ (born 24 July 1950 in Izmir) is a Turkish journalist and columnist.

Background

He studied theology in Institute of High Islamic Studies, Izmir/Turkey (1973), and received his masters degree from the Center for Middle Eastern Studies of Harvard University (1982), in between he spent 15 months in London (1977-1978) to study English and a year in Damascus/Syria to improve his Arabic, at Dar-es Selam Arabic Language Center (1979)..

He also worked as a research affiliate at the Center for International Studies of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1980-1982).

Career

Served as a consultant in the State Planning Organisation (1985-1986).

He was the editor of the daily Milli Gazete (1984) and worked at daily Zaman from its inception (1986), first as the editor in chief (1986-1987) then as the chief editorial writer as well as Ankara Bureau Chief (1995-1998). He wrote for ‘Turkish Daily News’ (1999-2000), and ‘The New Anatolian’ (2006); both are English language dailies.

He then joined in daily Yeni Şafak as Ankara Bureau Chief (1999) and was also its chief columnist until 2010. He later joined daily Star (2011- 2014).

He is currently with daily Haberturk as a columnist (2014–present).

He was a regular commentator on Turkish TV Kanal-7 (1995-2015).

He has appeared regularly on various TV political programs:

Title Channel Years
Başkent Kulisi Flash TV, Kanal-7 1994-2003
Konuşa Konuşa Kanal-7 1997
Ters Köşe Kanal-7 2004-2005
Basın Odası NTV 2003-2005
Medya Durağı TV8 2004-2005
Beyin Fırtınası ATV, ahaber 2007-2012
Acaba Kanal 24 2007-2009
Politik Açılım TRT-1 2008-2012
Siyaset 24 Kanal 24 2011-2012
Enine Boyuna Haberturk TV 2012–present

He was the recipient of several prestigious press awards including one from Turkish Journalists Association (2003)[1] and another from Progressive Journalists Association of Turkey (2003).[2]

He participated in many scholarly symposia and meetings in and out of Turkey, attended to Bilderberg Conference of 2006.[3]

Books

His journalistic work has been published in six books in Turkish and one in English.

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.

Personal life

He is married with Dr. Nebahat Koru and has five children.

His brother Naci Koru is currently Deputy Foreign Minister, and he previously served as Turkey's Ambassador in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.[4]

While he was in London he shared a flat with Abdullah Gül, who later on became Prime Minister and then President of Republic of Turkey.[5]

Notes

References

  1. "Türkiye Gazeteciler Cemiyeti". www.tgc.org.tr. Retrieved 2015-10-20.
  2. "Çağdaş Gazeteciler Derneği Ankara Şubesi - Çağdaş Bir Gece". www.cgdankara.org.tr. Retrieved 2015-10-20.
  3. "List of 2006 Bilderberg Attendees". www.greatdreams.com. Retrieved 2015-10-20.
  4. "Fehmi Koru'nun kardeşi, Dışişleri'nin 2. adamı oldu - Milliyet Haber". MILLIYET HABER - TÜRKIYE'NIN HABER SITESI. Retrieved 2015-10-20.
  5. Abdullah Gul and the Making of the New Turkey. London: Oneworld Publications. 2014-12-09. ISBN 9781780745626.
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