Uğur Dündar (born 28 August 1943) is a Turkish journalist, anchorman, political commentator, and writer.
He was born in Akören village of
Silivri district in
Istanbul Province
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. He graduated from
Istanbul University's Institute of Journalism. He joined
Turkish Radio and Television Corporation
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in 1970 and built a journalistic career over more than 20 years. Until 2011 Dündar was the anchorman of
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where he headed the news team.
Currently, he is writing for ''
Sözcü'' and has a program on
Halk TV.
He is chairman of the high council of
Fenerbahçe SK since 9th April 2022 and also was board member between 20 February 2000 – 3 March 2002.
Aziz Yıldırım's Boards
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Biography
* ''Haramzade'' (1995, with Haluk Şahin)
* ''Haramzadenin Dönüşü'' (2006, with Haluk Şahin)
* ''İşte Hayatım, Uğur Dündar'' (2010, with Nedim Şener
Nedim Şener (; born 28 November 1966 in Germany) is a Turkish writer and journalist who has written for the ''Milliyet'' (since 1994) and '' Posta'' newspapers. He has received a number of journalism awards, including the Turkish Journalists' As ...
), Doğan Kitapçılık
* ''İyi Uykular Sayın Seyirciler'' (2012)
* ''Yalandan Kim Ölmüş'', (2013, with Orhan Baykal)
* ''Pazarlık Yok'' (2015)
* ''Vah Ülkem Vah'' (2016)
* ''Ya Atatürk Olmasaydı'' (2017)
* ''O Halde Biz Anlatalım'' (2018)
References
External links
Uğur Dündar's Arena NewsA biography of Uğur Dündar
*https://twitter.com/ugurdundarsozcu
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1943 births
Living people
People from Silivri
Turkish journalists
Turkish writers
Turkish television news anchors
Turkish secularists
Sözcü people
Fenerbahçe S.K. board members
Istanbul University alumni
Vefa High School alumni