Nuray Mert

Nuray Mert, born in Trabzon, Turkey (1960), is a Turkish journalist^[1] and political scientist.

After graduating from Fevziye Mektepleri Işık College, she studied political science and history at Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, where she obtained the master's degree on a thesis entitled Prens Sabahaddin ve Terakki Mecmuası ("Prens Sabahaddin and Terakki Magazine"), and the doctorate on a thesis entitled Erken Cumhuriyet Döneminde Laik Düşünce ("Secular Thought in the Early Republican Period"). She worked for some time as a research assistant at Boğaziçi University, after which she became lecturer at the Department of Economics of Istanbul University. She also writes for the Milliyet.

She used to host a TV show, but this was dropped after Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan publicly criticized her. ^{[2] [3]} The Association of Turkish Journalists has denounced the attacks that Mert received from Mr Erdogan. ^[4]

References

1. ^ Otto, Jan Michiel (2010-06-30). Sharia Incorporated: A Comparative Overview of the Legal Systems of Twelve Muslim Countries in Past and Present. Amsterdam University Press. pp. 253–. ISBN 9789087280574. http://books.google.com/books?id=8ep7cX3ma0sC&pg=PA253. Retrieved 10 June 2011. 
2. ^ "Turks sense dawn of new era of power and confidence". BBC news. 2011-11-21. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15815319. Retrieved 2011-11-21. 
3. ^ "Turkish PM targets Economist magazine, journalist Nuray Mert". Hurriyet Daily News. 2011-06-03. http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=pm-targets-economist-magazine-journalist-nuray-mert-2011-06-03. Retrieved 2011-11-21. 
4. ^ "Two Female Journalists Attacked". Bianet. 2011-06-07. http://bianet.org/english/freedom-of-expression/130542-two-female-journalists-attacked. Retrieved 2011-11-21. 

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