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.