Nuray Mert, (born 1960 in Trabzon, Turkey) is a Turkish columnist[1] and political scientist. She is a columnist for Hürriyet Daily News.[2] Mert is also a Bilderberg participant.
Nuray Mert | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1960 (age 63–64) Trabzon, Turkey |
| Nationality | Turkish |
| Education | Political science and history |
| Alma mater | Boğaziçi University |
| Occupation(s) | Professor, columnist and TV presenter |
Academic career
editAfter graduating from Feyziye Mektepleri Işık College, she studied political science and history at Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, where she obtained the master's degree on a thesis entitled Prens Sabahaddin ve Terakki Mecmuası ("Prens Sabahaddin and Terakki Magazine"), and the doctorate on a thesis entitled Erken Cumhuriyet Döneminde Laik Düşünce ("Secular Thought in the Early Republican Period").[3] She worked for some time as a research assistant at Boğaziçi University, after which she became lecturer at the Department of Economics of Istanbul University.[4]
In 2012–2013, she was an International Scholar in Residence at the Stanford Humanities Center.[5][3]
Journalism
editShe used to host a TV show, but this was dropped after Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan publicly criticized her.[6][7] She was also fired on February 19, 2012, from her job as a columnist for the daily newspaper Milliyet.[8] Mert has said that she now fears for her personal safety.[6]
The Turkish Journalists' Association has denounced the attacks on Mert by Erdoğan.[9]
In August 2017, Mert was fired from the newspaper Cumhuriyet after writing an article questioning the validity of evolution and another one in support of muftis performing marriages.[10]
References
edit- ^ Otto, Jan Michiel (2010-06-30). Sharia Incorporated: A Comparative Overview of the Legal Systems of Twelve Muslim Countries in Past and Present. Amsterdam University Press. pp. 253–. ISBN 978-90-8728-057-4. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
- ^ Nuray Mert, Committee to Protect Journalists, October 2012, Turkey's Press Freedom Crisis - Sidebar: The Dignity of Speaking Out
- ^ a b "Welcoming 9 New Affiliates," Stanford Global Studies website, 21 April 2012. Accessed: 2 July 2015.
- ^ "Mert ile Söyleşi," Mediterranean Studies Forum website, 11 September 2012. Accessed: 2 July 2015.
- ^ 12 April 2012, International Scholars in Residence at the Humanities Center 2012-2013
- ^ a b "Turks sense dawn of new era of power and confidence". BBC News. 2011-11-21. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
- ^ "Turkish PM targets Economist magazine, journalist Nuray Mert". Hurriyet Daily News. 2011-06-03. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
- ^ Filkins, Dexter (March 9, 2012). "Turkey's Jailed Journalists". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2012-03-18.
- ^ "Two Female Journalists Attacked". Bianet. 2011-06-07. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
- ^ "Cumhuriyet, Nuray Mert'in yazılarına son verdi" (in Turkish). BirGün. 2017-08-09. Retrieved 2017-08-09.