What is Ahmet Altan?
{{Infobox person | name = Ahmet Altan | image = A page from ahmet altan&#39;s kristal denizaltı (120800397).jpg | caption = A page from ahmet altan&#39;s kristal denizaltı | birth_name = Ahmet Hüsrev Altan | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1950|3|2}} | birth_place = [[Ankara]], Turkey | death_date = | death_place = | education = [[Robert College]]<br />[[TED Ankara Koleji|Ankara College]]<br />[[Middle East Technical University]]<br />[[Istanbul University]] | occupation = Editor-in-chief and lead columnist of ''[[Taraf]]'' (2007–2012) | alias = | title = | family = | spouse = | domestic_partner = | children = 2 | relatives = [[Çetin Altan]] (father)<br/>[[Mehmet Altan]] (brother) | nationality = Turkish | ethnicity = | years_active= <!-- YYYY – present --> | credits = | agent = | URL = http://www.taraf.com.tr/ahmet-altan/ }} '''Ahmet Hüsrev Altan''' (born 2 March 1950) is a [[Turkish people|Turkish]] [[journalist]] and author. He was a night shift reporter to [[editor in chief]] in various newspapers. He worked for the newspapers ''[[Hürriyet]]'', ''[[Milliyet]]'' and ''[[Radikal]]''. In 2007 he became the founding editor-in-chief and lead columnist of ''[[Taraf]]'', a daily Turkish newspaper, and remained in the position until his resignation in December 2012. In October 2019, Atlan revealed to ''[[The New York Times]]'' that he is receiving treatment for [[brain cancer]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/24/books/ahmet-altan-memoir-rod-nordland.html|title=When the Urge to Write Is a Life Sentence|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=October 24, 2019}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Altan, Ahmet}} [[Category:Turkish writers]] [[Category:1950 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Turkish journalists]] [[Category:Critics]] {{bio-stub}}