Haluk Şahin

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

Haluk Şahin
Born1941 (age 79–80)
Istanbul, Turkey
EducationIstanbul University
OccupationJournalist, academic and television producer

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]

References
  1. Alemdar, Zeynep (10 June 2013). "Turkish Media's Moral Bankruptcy: An Interview with Haluk Sahin". Jadaliyya. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
  2. Gür, Ash (2010). Boytner, Ran; Swartz Dodd, Lynn; Parker, Bradley J. (eds.). 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. Tucson: University of Arizona Press. p. 68. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
  3. "Trial of Five Journalists Adjourned". Bianet. 8 February 2006. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
  4. "urope: Turkey: Charges Against 4 Journalists Dropped; Fifth To Be Tried". The New York Times. 12 April 2006. Retrieved 23 November 2013.


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