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Altan Öymen

Altan Öymen is a leading commentator, journalist and author. He has been elected a Member of the Turkish National Assembly several times and has served as the Secretary of State for Tourism from 1978 to 1979. He has been a columnist at a number of leading Turkish dailies and currently writes a regular column in the daily newspaper, Radikal. Mr Öymen has been the editor in chief at several newspapers throughout his career, most recently at Milliyet. Mr Öymen has produced an award-winning TV documentary series entitled, "The Second World War and Turkey". He founded the Anka News Agency and served as the Chairman of Ankara Journalists Association. Mr Öymen is the author of three books. He is a graduate of the Faculty of Political Science at Ankara University.
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