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Uğur Dündar (born 28 August 1943) is a Turkish journalist, anchorman, political commentator, and writer. He was born in Akören village of
Silivri Silivri, formerly Selymbria (Greek language, Greek: Σηλυμβρία), is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Istanbul Province, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its population is 217,163 (2022). It lies along the Sea of Marmara, outsi ...
district in
Istanbul Province Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With Demographics of Istanbul, a population over , it is home to 18% of the Demographics ...
. He graduated from
Istanbul University Istanbul University, also known as University of Istanbul (), is a Public university, public research university located in Istanbul, Turkey. Founded by Mehmed II on May 30, 1453, a day after Fall of Constantinople, the conquest of Constantinop ...
's Institute of Journalism. He joined
Turkish Radio and Television Corporation The Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT; Turkish: ) is the national public broadcasting, public broadcaster of Turkey, founded in 1964. TRT was for many years the only television and radio broadcaster in Turkey. Before the introductio ...
in 1970 and built a journalistic career over more than 20 years. Until 2011 Dündar was the anchorman of Star TV where he headed the news team. Currently, he is writing for ''
Sözcü ''Sözcü'' (English: ''Spokesperson'') is a popular Turkish daily newspaper. ''Sözcü'' was first published on 27 June 2007 by Burak Akbay and is distributed nationwide. As of June 2018, it was one of the top-selling newspapers in Turkey, with ...
'' and has a program on
Halk TV Halk TV is a Turkish nationwide TV channel established in 2005. It is known for its relationship with the Republican People's Party (CHP), although the previous links were cut off in 2011 under the new CHP leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu.BBC, 4 Ju ...
. He is the 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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* ''Haramzade'' (1995, with
Haluk Şahin 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. Shortly after the release of the film ''Troy'' in 2004, a ...
) * ''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 Doğan is both a masculine Turkish given name and a Turkish surname meaning ''Falcon''. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Doğan Abukay, Turkish experimental physicist and academic * Doğan Akhanlı (1957–2021) Turkish-German wri ...
* ''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)


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Uğur Dündar's Arena NewsA biography of Uğur Dündar
*https://twitter.com/ugurdundarsozcu {{DEFAULTSORT:Dundar, Ugur 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 Pomaks