Orhan Karaveli
Orhan Karaveli | |
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![]() Karaveli in Mersin, 2007 | |
Born | 1930 Ankara, Turkey |
Nationality | Turkish |
Alma mater | Galatasaray High School |
Occupation | Journalist, writer |
Known for | Biographies |
Spouse(s) | Serpil |
Children | Halil, Suzan and Orhan |
Awards | 2004 Burhan Felek award |
Orhan Karaveli (born 1930) is a Turkish journalist and writer.
Personal life[]
Orhan Karaveli's family was a member of Karaevli Turkmen tribe .[1](Their surname reflects their tribe name with a transposition of two letters) Orhan was born to Mahmut and his wife Rafia in Ankara on 26 February 1930.[2] He attended İstiklal primary school in 1936.[3] But next year he was transferred to Galatasaray primary school in İstanbul. He continued his secondary education in Galatasaray High School till 1949.[4] Although he began studying in the law school of İstanbul University, he took a pause for his military service in the anti aircraft school. He resumed his university education up to 1954.[5] He also studied in the University of Westminster for one year.
He is married and father of three.
Career[]
He began his journalism career while he was still in the university. His first paid-article was published in the periodical Her Hafta in 1948 about a reclusive man in Uludağ ( a mountain close to Bursa).[6] He served in the newspaper Yeni İstanbul between 1950-1954. During this period he also supported his elder brother Nihat Karaveli in publishing the first sexual health periodical Cinsi Bilgiler Mecmuası (beginning by April 1949) for 60 months.[7] In 1955, he moved to Berlin and London to serve as the European-correspondent of the daily Milliyet for three years. While in London he frequently flew to Cyprus for Cyprus issue news. After returning home he became a part-time correspondent of News Chronicle in Turkey [8] Later, he also served for the Vatan newspaper . While he was working for Vatan he was sent to the United States for two and a half months in 1959. He spent a part of his visit in Professor John A. Garraty's house who was a friend of his.[9] He accompanied Adnan Menderes , the Turkish Prime Minister in his visits in the United States.[10] Some of his other notable foreign visits and interviews were to Cuba during the early days of the Communist rule, in 1960 to Soviet Union to watch a congress of orianalism in which he interviewed Nazım Hikmet, in 1961 to Jugoslavia to watch the Non-Aligned Conference in which he spoke to Jawaharlal Nehru and Josip Broz Tito.In 1960s after his father had a stroke he undertook his father’s business which was mainly mining. After improving the business he returned to journalism [11] and served for Cumhuriyet both as a reporter and a columnist.[5] In 1977 and 1998 he received the Turkey Journalists Association Achievement Award. He is a member of Turkish Journalists Association and has a Press Honor Card (Basın şeref kartı).[12]
Works[]
Orhan karaveli wrote twelve books:[13]
- Kişiler ve Köşeler (1982) His impressions about the US (when he accompanied the Turkish prime minister Adnan Menderes to the US in 1959)
- Bir Ankara Ailesinin Öyküsü ( 1999) Memories about his childhood in Ankara
- 1946-1999 Şiirler (1999) poems
- Görgü Tanığı (2001) His memories as a writer
- Tanıdığım Nazım Hikmet (2002) Biography of the Turkish poet Nazım Hikmet
- Sakallı Celal (2004) Biography of the Turkish philosopher
- Tevfik Fikret ve Haluk Gerçeği (2004) Biography of the Turkish poet Tevfik Fikret and his son Haluk
- Ziya Gökalp'i Doğru Tanımak (2008) Biography of Ziya Gökalp, a man of letters
- Ali Kemal Belki de Günah Keçisi (2009): Biography of Ali Kemal a journalist who was lynched
- Berlin'in Yalnız Kadınları (2012) About the women in 1950s Berlin
- Kendi heykelini Yapan Adam İlhan Selçuk (2012) Biography of the Turkish journalist İlhan Selçuk
- O Olmasaydı (2014) About the Gallipoli Campaign
References[]
- ^ Bir Ankara Ailesinin Öyküsü p.19
- ^ Bir Ankara Ailesinin Öyküsü,p.104
- ^ Bir Ankara Ailesinin Öyküsü p.115
- ^ Bir Ankara Ailesinin Öyküsü p.164
- ^ Jump up to: a b Biography page
- ^ Görgü Tanığı p.28
- ^ Bir Ankara Ailesinin Öyküsü p.203
- ^ Görgü Tanığı p.111
- ^ Görgü Tanığı p.158
- ^ Bir Ankara Ailesinin Öyküsü p.207
- ^ Bir Ankara Ailesinin Öyküsü p.136
- ^ Go Turkey
- ^ Elit kitap
Sources[]
- Karaveli, Orhan (2006). Bir Ankara Ailesinin Öyküsü. İstanbul: Pergamon. ISBN 975-96826-0-5.
- Karaveli, Orhan (2001). Görgü Tanığı. İstanbul: Pergamon. ISBN 975-96826-2-1.
- "Biography net". Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- "Elit Kitap". Elit Kitap. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
- "Go Turkey". Ministry ıf Culture. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
External links[]
- 1930 births
- People from Ankara
- Galatasaray High School alumni
- Istanbul University Faculty of Law alumni
- Turkish journalists
- Milliyet people
- Cumhuriyet people
- Turkish biographers
- Living people