- Fehmi Koru
Fehmi Koruref|name|§ is a Turkish columnist and journalist. He studied
journalism andtheology , receiving his master degree from theCenter for Middle Eastern Studies ofHarvard University .ref|degree|† He also worked as a research affiliate at the Center for International Studies ofMassachusetts Institute of Technology .cite journal|url=http://www.aksiyon.com.tr/detay.php?id=14634
accessdate=2008-09-23
title=Çok bilinen bir sır: Fehmi Koru
volume=275
date=2000-03-11
journal=Aksiyon
first=Cemal A
last=Kalyoncu
publisher=Feza Gazetecilik A.Ş.
language=Turkish]He was editor of the daily "Milli Gazete" (1984) and "Zaman" (1986-1987). He was also the chief editorial writer and Ankara Bureau Chief of "Zaman" until 1998. He has been with daily "
Yeni Safak " since the beginning of 1999. He also wrote for the "Turkish Daily News " (1998-2000).He attended the 2006 Bilderberg meeting. [cite news|url=http://www.milliyet.com.tr/2006/05/08/siyaset/siy01.html
accessdate=2008-10-10
title=Bilderberg mi değişti yoksa Fehmi Koru mu?
work=Milliyet
section=Ankara kulisi
date=2002-05-08
language=Turkish]Bibliography
His journalistic work has been published in five books, all of them in Turkish.
His article ‘Democracy and Islam: The Turkish Experiment’ came out in Sept/Oct 1996 issue of ‘Muslim Politics Report’ of the
Council on Foreign Relations . In a November 2006 column, he identified his U.S. diplomatic source as the former ambassador to Turkey, Mark Parris.Notes
* Koru has used several aliases, including Bülent Şirin, Taha Kıvanç, Faruk Yeni, Fehmi Muzafferoğlu, and A. Akıncı. [cite news|url=http://yenisafak.com.tr/arsiv/2000/ekim/23/tkivanc.html
accessdate=2008-09-23
title=Taha Kıvanç, Fehmi Koru, yani ben
date=2000-10-22
first=Taha
last=Kıvanç
work=Yeni Şafak
language=Turkish] [cite news|url=http://www.yenisafak.com.tr/arsiv/2004/ARALIK/27/tkivanc.html
accessdate=2008-09-23
title=Taha Kıvanç olmanın dayanılmaz ağırlığı
first=Taha
last=Kıvanç
date=2004-12-27
work=Yeni Şafak
language=Turkish] [cite news|url=http://www.yenisafak.com.tr/arsiv/2005/ARALIK/03/tkivanc.html
accessdate=2008-10-08
work=Yeni Şafak
title=Adımı seveyim
date=2005-12-03
first=Taha
last=Kıvanç
language=Turkish] Koru says this occurred when he wrote several columns in a newspaper that had a shortage of journalists.* Some of Koru's peers have questioned his credentials, citing the unlikelihood of someone with an Islamic clerical education (İzmir İmam Hatip Lisesi) attending Harvard University, [cite news|url=http://www.aksam.com.tr/yazar.asp?a=131160,10,6
accessdate=2008-10-09
title=Hadi şu diplomayı bir göster
date=2008-09-29
first=Oray
last=Eğin
work=Akşam
language=Turkish] and incorrectly claiming that the CMES does not confer graduate degrees. [ [http://cmes.hmdc.harvard.edu/people/gradstudents About CMES Graduate Students] ,Harvard University : "CMES is home to more than 60 graduate students pursuing either an AM in Regional Studies - Middle East, or a joint PhD degree in Middle Eastern Studies and Anthropology, History, or History of Art and Architecture."]References
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