Mümtaz'er Türköne

Mümtaz'er Türköne, (born 1956 in Istanbul), is a Turkish academic and author. He was a faculty member at Gazi University from 1993 to 2007 and was a columnist for the Zaman and its English-language sister Today's Zaman.

In the 1990s Türköne was a member of the Analitik Grubu group of advisors to Prime Minister Tansu Çiller.

In January 2012 Türköne resigned from the Atatürk Culture, Language and History Institution, a month after being appointed by President Abdullah Gül. His appointment had been criticised as Türköne had previously described Atatürkism as a "closed minded and bigoted" ideology.

He is the ex-husband of former AKP deputy Özlem Türköne.

Awards

 * Türkiye Yazarlar Birliği 2006, "Media/thought" category

Books

 * Siyasi İdeoloji Olarak İslamcılığın Doğuşu
 * Cemaleddin Afgani (on Jamal ad-Din al-Afghani)
 * Siyaset
 * Darbe Peşinde Koşan Bir Nesil 68 Kuşağı
 * Sözde Askerler
 * Türkiye'nin Kayıp Halkası
 * Türklük ve Kürtlük
 * Türk Modernleşmesi
 * Modernleşme, Laiklik
 * Siyasi, Tarihi, Dini ve Kültürel Boyutlarıyla İslam ve Şiddet
 * Türkler ve İslamiyet'' (with İlber Ortaylı and Nevzat Yalçıntaş.)
 * Kürt Meselesi Nasıl Çözülmez? (with Hüseyin Yayman)