Altan Öymen

Altan Öymen
Öymen in 2024
Leader of the Republican People's Party
In office
23 May 1999 – 30 September 2000
Preceded byDeniz Baykal
Succeeded byDeniz Baykal
Minister of Tourism and Promotion
In office
21 June 1977 – 21 July 1977
Prime MinisterBülent Ecevit
Preceded byNahit Menteşe
Succeeded byİskender Cenap Ege
Member of the Grand National Assembly
In office
24 December 1995 – 18 April 1999
Constituencyİstanbul (1995)
In office
5 June 1977 – 12 September 1980
ConstituencyAnkara (1977)
Personal details
Born(1932-06-20)20 June 1932
Istanbul, Turkey
Died19 July 2025(2025-07-19) (aged 93)
Şişli, Istanbul, Turkey
Political partyRepublican People's Party
OccupationPolitician, journalist, author

Mehmet Altan Öymen (20 June 1932 – 19 July 2025) was a Turkish journalist, author and politician.

Life and career

Öymen was born on 20 June 1932 in Istanbul.[1] He completed his secondary education at the Ankara Atatürk High School.[1] He graduated from the School of Political Science of Ankara University. He began his journalism career in 1950 aged 18 and long worked as a reporter, columnist and editor-in-chief for the major newspapers like Ulus, Akşam, Cumhuriyet and Milliyet. He founded the press agency Anka news agency in 1972. In the 1960s, Altan Öymen served as the press attaché in Bonn, Federal Republic of Germany.

He entered politics in 1961 as member of the parliament that was formed after the military coup in Turkey in 1960. He was elected in 1977 as the deputy of Ankara from the Republican People's Party (CHP) to the Turkish Grand National Assembly, and became minister for tourism and public relations in the cabinet of Bülent Ecevit's second government, which lasted only one month in the summer 1977. He was reelected in 1995 as the deputy of Istanbul from the CHP.

Following the resignation of Deniz Baykal from the presidency of CHP, he was elected leader on 23 May 1999. He held this post for 15 months, until Deniz Baykal was reelected at the next extraordinary party congress in 2000.

Öymen resumed his journalism career, which he had interrupted during his party leadership, and wrote on political issues in his column in the newspaper Radikal.[2]

In the 1980s and 1990s, he was awarded several times for his journalism.[3]

Öymen died of multiple organ failure in Şişli, Istanbul, on 19 July 2025, at the age of 93.[4][5] On 22 July 2025, after the official ceremony at the Grand National Assembly and the funeral prayer at Teşvikiye Mosque, he was interred in her family's plot at the Zincirlikuyu Cemetery in Istanbul.[6]

Bibliography

  • Mobilya Dosyası (The Furniture File), um:ag Press (1997), with Uğur Mumcu, 300p., ISBN 975-8084-28-3[7]
  • Bir Dönem Bir Çocuk (One Era One Child), Doğan Press (2002), 606 p., ISBN 975-293-040-9[8]
  • Değişim Yılları (The Transition Times), Doğan Press (2004), 670 p., ISBN 975-293-255-X[9]
  • Öfkeli Yıllar (The Angry Years), Doğan Press (2009) 608 pg., ISBN 978-605-111-401-9
  • ... ve İhtilal , Doğan Press (2013) 754 pg., ISBN 978-605-09-1758-1
  • Umutlar ve İdamlar , Doğan Press (2018) 447 pg., ISBN 978-605-09-5206-3
  • Kayıp Yaz, Doğan Press (2016) 329 pg., ISBN 978-605-09-3865-4

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Basından" (PDF). Alev Dergisi (in Turkish). February 1989. p. 2. Atatürk High School Alumni magazine
  2. ^ Newspaper Radikal Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine (in Turkish)
  3. ^ Newspaper Milliyet (in Turkish). Archived 15 December 2002 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ AA, DHA / (19 July 2025). "Son dakika... Altan Öymen hayatını kaybetti". www.hurriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  5. ^ "Duayen gazeteci ve siyasetçi Altan Öymen hayatını kaybetti". Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  6. ^ "Eski CHP Genel Başkanı Altan Öymen son yolculuğuna uğurlandı". www.cumhuriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). 22 July 2025. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
  7. ^ NewPage (in Turkish)
  8. ^ NewPage Archived 15 September 2005 at the Wayback Machine (in Turkish)
  9. ^ NewPage Archived 22 November 2005 at the Wayback Machine (in Turkish)

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