İlhan Selçuk
Turkish journalist (1925–2010)
İlhan Selçuk (11 March 1925 – 21 June 2010) was a Turkish lawyer, journalist, author, novelist and editor.
Biography
Selcuk was born in the western Turkish Aydın Province in 1925. His mother, who was Armenian, hid her Armenian roots. He earned a law degree from Istanbul University in 1950. He began writing for magazines and newspapers after his graduation. He also authored numerous books and novels. His works included Ağlamak ve Gülmek (Laughing and Crying), Japon Gülü (Japanese Rose), Ziverbey Köşku (Ziverbey Mansion), Güzel Amerikalı (The Beautiful American) and Düşünüyorum Öyleyse Vurun (I Think, Therefore Shoot Me).
Selcuk was a contributor of a political magazine, Yön, which was in circulation between 1961 and 1967. He was detained and tortured at the Ziverbey Villa after the 1971 Turkish coup d'état.
Selcuk was the editor in chief of the Cumhuriyet, a secular Turkish daily newspaper.
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