Haluk Şahin
Born1941 (age 82–83)
Istanbul, Turkey
EducationIstanbul University
Occupation(s)Journalist, academic and television producer

Haluk Şahin is a Turkish journalist, academic and television producer. Having received his PhD from Indiana University in 1974, he was a lecturer at Istanbul Bilgi University as of 2013.[1]

Shortly after the release of the film Troy in 2004, an article in Radikal written by Şahin and entitled "Were the Trojans Turks?" attracted public interest and generated a debate over the significance of Troy and the Trojan War in modern Turkey.[2] In 2006, he was among five journalists who stood trial on charges of attempting to influence the outcome of a trial through their writing, and of publicly denigrating Turkish identity and the institutions of the Turkish state.[3] The charges were later dropped.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Alemdar, Zeynep (10 June 2013). "Turkish Media's Moral Bankruptcy: An Interview with Haluk Sahin". Jadaliyya. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
  2. ↑ Gür, Ash (2010). Boytner, Ran; Swartz Dodd, Lynn; Parker, Bradley J. (eds.). Political Excavations of the Anatolian Past: Nationalism and Archaeology in Turkey. Tucson: University of Arizona Press. p. 68. ISBN 9780816527953. Retrieved 23 November 2013. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  3. ↑ "Trial of Five Journalists Adjourned". Bianet. 8 February 2006. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
  4. ↑ "urope: Turkey: Charges Against 4 Journalists Dropped; Fifth To Be Tried". The New York Times. 12 April 2006. Retrieved 23 November 2013.


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