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⚫ '''Hasan Cemal''' (born 1944) is a Turkish journalist, writer and grandson of ].<ref name=Weekly>{{cite news|last=Sassounian|first=Harut|title=Cemal Pasha's Grandson Says Genocide, Morgenthau's Great Granddaughter Doesn’t|url=http://www.armenianweekly.com/2011/04/05/cemal-pasha/|accessdate=24 May 2013|newspaper=Armenian Weekly|date=5 April 2011}}</ref> He was the editor of '']'' from 1981 to 1992, and of '']'' from 1992 to 1998. In 2013 he resigned from the '']'' newspaper after Prime Minister ] had criticised his article supporting '']''s publication of minutes of a parliamentary visit to Öcalan, and ''Milliyet'' suspended him and refused to publish his returning column.<ref name="hurriyetdailynews.com">], 19 March 2013, </ref>
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⚫ '''Hasan Cemal''' (born 1944) is a Turkish journalist and writer. He was the editor of ] from 1981 to 1992, and of ] from 1992 to 1998. In 2013 he resigned from the ] newspaper after Prime Minister ] had criticised his article supporting ]<nowiki>'</nowiki>s publication of minutes of a parliamentary visit to ], and Milliyet suspended him and refused to publish his returning column.<ref name="hurriyetdailynews.com">], 19 March 2013, </ref>


He is best known for acknowledging and apologizing for the ], a crime which was perpetrated by Pasha.<ref name=Baydar>{{cite news|last=Baydar|first=Yavuz|title=Facing Turkey's Past: Struma and 1915|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/yavuz-baydar/facing-turkeys-past-strum_b_1893729.html|accessdate=24 May 2013|newspaper=Huffington Post}}</ref> His 2012 book on the subject (written in response to the 2007 assassination of his friend ]) is titled ''1915: Ermeni Soykırımı'' (English: ''1915: Armenian Genocide'').<ref name=Baydar/> Cemal is the grandson of ], one of the "]" who led the ] during ].<ref name=Weekly>{{cite news|last=Sassounian|first=Harut|title=Cemal Pasha's Grandson Says Genocide, Morgenthau's Great Granddaughter Doesn't|url=http://www.armenianweekly.com/2011/04/05/cemal-pasha/|access-date=24 May 2013|newspaper=Armenian Weekly|date=5 April 2011}}</ref> He is known for acknowledging and apologizing for the ], which was perpetrated in part by his grandfather and his colleagues.<ref name=Baydar>{{cite news|last=Baydar|first=Yavuz|title=Facing Turkey's Past: Struma and 1915|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/yavuz-baydar/facing-turkeys-past-strum_b_1893729.html|access-date=24 May 2013|newspaper=HuffPost}}</ref> His 2012 book on the subject (written in response to the ] of his friend ]) is titled ''1915: Ermeni Soykırımı'' (English: ''1915: Armenian Genocide'').<ref name=Baydar/>


==Early life and education==
==Background==
Hasan Cemal was born in 1944 in ], Turkey.<ref name=bugun>{{cite news|title=Hasan Cemal kimdir? (Who is Hasan Cemal?)|url=http://gundem.bugun.com.tr/hasan-cemal-kimdir-haberi/227341|accessdate=24 May 2013|newspaper=Bugun|language=Turkish}}</ref> In 1965, Cemal graduated from ] with a Political Science Degree.<ref name=dakika>{{cite news|title=Hasan Cemal Biyografisi|url=http://www.sondakika.com/hasan-cemal/biyografisi/|accessdate=24 May 2013|newspaper=Sondakika|language=Turkish}}</ref> Hasan Cemal was born in 1944 in ], Turkey.<ref name=bugun>{{cite news|title=Hasan Cemal kimdir? (Who is Hasan Cemal?)|url=http://gundem.bugun.com.tr/hasan-cemal-kimdir-haberi/227341|access-date=24 May 2013|newspaper=Bugun|language=Turkish|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130605025644/http://gundem.bugun.com.tr/hasan-cemal-kimdir-haberi/227341|archive-date=5 June 2013}}</ref> His mother had ] and ] ancestry.<ref name="sabah">{{cite news |last=CEMAL |first=Hasan|date=16 July 1997 |title=Kardeşlik ve barış... |url=http://arsiv.sabah.com.tr/1997/07/16/y01.html |newspaper=] |access-date=2014-12-20 |language=Turkish }}</ref><ref name="milliyet">{{cite news |last=CEMAL |first=Hasan|date=24 August 2007 |title=Kökler! |url=http://www.milliyet.com.tr/2007/08/24/yazar/cemal.html |newspaper=] |access-date=2014-12-20 |language=Turkish }}</ref><ref name="hurriyetdailynews">{{cite news |last=CEMAL |first=Hasan|date=25 August 2007 |title=Roots! |url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/what-others-say.aspx?pageID=438&n=what-others-say-2007-08-25 |url-status=dead|newspaper=] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220185340/http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/what-others-say.aspx?pageID=438&n=what-others-say-2007-08-25|archive-date=2014-12-20|access-date=2014-12-20 }}</ref><ref name="milliyet.com.tr">{{cite news |last=CEMAL |first=Hasan|date=7 March 2012 |title=Çerkeslerin acısını da anlamak zorundayız! |url=http://www.milliyet.com.tr/cerkeslerin-acisini-da-anlamak-zorundayiz-/siyaset/siyasetyazardetay/07.03.2012/1512218/default.htm |newspaper=] |access-date=2014-12-20 |language=Turkish }}</ref> In 1965, Cemal graduated from the ] with a Political Science Degree.<ref name=dakika>{{cite news|title=Hasan Cemal Biyografisi|url=http://www.sondakika.com/hasan-cemal/biyografisi/|access-date=24 May 2013|newspaper=Sondakika|language=Turkish|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224114054/http://www.sondakika.com/hasan-cemal/biyografisi/|archive-date=24 December 2013}}</ref>


==Career== ==Career==
Cemal began working for the weekly '']'' in 1969 and soon thereafter, he became an Ankara representative of the '']'' newspaper.<ref name=bugun /> Between the years 1981 and 1992, he was the chief editor of the Cumhuriyet newspaper.<ref name=dakika /> He resigned in January 1992 in a dispute over editorial policy: "I tried to widen the spectrum, to keep the balance. But they (old-guard intellectuals) always resisted, calling us plotters, tools of big business and the United States".<ref name=Pope>Hugh Pope, '']'', 12 May 1992, </ref> He became the editor of the '']'' newspaper in May 1992,<ref name=Pope/> remaining in the position until 1998.<ref name=bugun /> From 1998 he worked for '']''. Cemal began working for the weekly {{ill|Hakkı Devrim|tr}} in 1969 and soon thereafter, he became an Ankara representative of the ] newspaper.<ref name=bugun /> In 1981, he was appointed chief editor of Cumhuriyet newspaper.<ref name=dakika /> He resigned in January 1992 in a dispute over editorial policy: "I tried to widen the spectrum, to keep the balance. But they (old-guard intellectuals) always resisted, calling us plotters, tools of big business and the United States".<ref name=Pope>Hugh Pope, ], 12 May 1992, </ref> He became the editor of the ] newspaper in May 1992,<ref name=Pope/> remaining in the position until 1998.<ref name=bugun /> From 1998 he worked for ].


During the heightened tensions between the ] and the Turkish government, Hasan Cemal would be noted for conducting interviews with notable PKK leaders such as ] and ].<ref name=bugun /> In 2013 the '']'' newspaper he wrote for suspended him for two weeks after Prime Minister ] had criticised his article supporting '']''s publication of minutes of a parliamentary visit to Öcalan. When ''Milliyet'' then refused to publish his returning column, he resigned.<ref name="hurriyetdailynews.com"/> During the heightened tensions between the ] (PKK) and the Turkish government, Hasan Cemal would be noted for conducting interviews with notable PKK leaders such as ] and ].<ref name=bugun /> In 2013 the Milliyet newspaper he wrote for suspended him for two weeks after Prime Minister ] had criticised his article supporting Milliyet's publication of minutes of a parliamentary visit to Öcalan. When Milliyet then refused to publish his returning column, he resigned.<ref name="hurriyetdailynews.com"/> In 2018, he received a suspended sentence to a prison term of more than 3 months for his documentation of the withdrawal of the PKK in 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|last=SCF|date=2018-04-03|title=Veteran Turkish journalist Hasan Cemal sentenced over documenting PKK withdrawal|url=https://stockholmcf.org/veteran-turkish-journalist-hasan-cemal-sentenced-over-documenting-pkk-withdrawal/|access-date=2020-12-06|website=Stockholm Center for Freedom|language=en-US}}</ref>


He then started writing on the independent news website ] in 2013. He was awarded the ] Louis Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism in 2015. A column he published on 12 August 2015 harshly criticising President Erdoğan, titled "The Responsibility for the Bloodshed Lies on the Sultan at the Palace" led him to be prosecuted for insulting the President.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hasan Cemal'e, Tayyip Erdoğan yazısı için soruşturma|url=http://platform24.org/guncel/1079/hasan-cemale--tayyip-erdogan-yazisi-icin-sorusturma|publisher=Platform for Independent Journalism|access-date=3 June 2016}}</ref> The prosecutor demanded a prison sentence of 4 years and 8 months for Cemal.<ref>{{cite web|title=Turkey Crackdown Chronicle: Week of May 15|date=16 May 2016 |url=https://cpj.org/blog/2016/05/turkey-crackdown-chronicle-week-of-may-15.php#more|publisher=Committee to Protect Journalists|access-date=3 June 2016}}</ref>
⚫ ==Armenian Genocide==
⚫ Hasan Cemal always believed in the official Turkish governmental narrative that the genocide did not occur.<ref>{{cite news|title=Armenian Genocide 98th Anniversary Commemoration to be Held in Times Square on April 21, 2013 During Genocide Awareness Month|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/armenian-genocide-98th-anniversary-commemoration-to-be-held-in-times-square-on-april-21-2013-during-genocide-awareness-month-191810001.html|accessdate=25 May 2013|newspaper=PR Newswire}}</ref> However, after Hasan Cemal traveled to Armenia and visited the ], he published a book entitled ''1915: The Armenian Genocide''. The book would go on to be a bestseller in Turkey.<ref name=Spectator>{{cite news|title=Author Hasan Cemal Fired from Milliyet Newspaper|url=http://www.mirrorspectator.com/2013/03/20/author-hasan-cemal-fired-from-milliyet-newspaper/|accessdate=24 May 2013|newspaper=Armenian Mirror-Spectator|date=20 March 2013}}</ref><ref name=Knights>{{cite news|title=Knights to Honor Hasan Cemal|url=http://www.armenianweekly.com/2013/03/13/knights-to-honor-hasan-cemal/|accessdate=24 May 2013|newspaper=Armenian Weekly|date=13 March 2013}}</ref> Cemal remarked in his book, “To deny the Genocide would mean to be an accomplice in this crime against humanity.”<ref name=Spectator />


⚫ ==Armenian genocide==
⚫ The book highlights Cemal's "personal transformation" and his experiences in Armenia.<ref name=Knights /> While Cemal was in Armenia, he had an opportunity to meet and have lunch with Armen Gevorkyan, the grandson of the man who assassinated his grandfather ] in 1922.<ref name=GPN>{{cite news|title=Cemal Pasha's Grandson Publishes a Book, "1915 Armenian Genocide"|url=http://www.genocidepreventionnow.org/Home/tabid/39/ctl/DisplayArticle/mid/1137/aid/630/Default.aspx|accessdate=24 May 2013|newspaper=GenocidePreventionNow|date=Winter 2012}}</ref><ref name=grandson1 />
⚫ According to Dennis Papazian of the University of Michigan's ], in the 1980s, Hasan Cemal supported the Turkish government's position ]. After some Turkish diplomats were assassinated by the armed Armenian ] group, he however began an inquiry and eventually changed his mind.<ref>{{cite news|title=Armenian Genocide 98th Anniversary Commemoration to be Held in Times Square on April 21, 2013 During Genocide Awareness Month|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/armenian-genocide-98th-anniversary-commemoration-to-be-held-in-times-square-on-april-21-2013-during-genocide-awareness-month-191810001.html|access-date=25 May 2013|agency=PR Newswire}}</ref> Following a trip to Armenia, where he visited the ], Hasan Cemal published a book entitled ''1915: The Armenian Genocide''. The book became a bestseller in Turkey.<ref>{{cite news|title=Neither denial nor recognition first, but cognition|url=http://www.todayszaman.com/newsDetail.action;jsessionid=VwFkdPoP+fulCbL4HtTueUr0?newsId=296418&columnistId=0|work=Today's Zaman|date=28 October 2012|access-date=24 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826161435/http://www.todayszaman.com/newsDetail.action;jsessionid=VwFkdPoP+fulCbL4HtTueUr0?newsId=296418&columnistId=0|archive-date=26 August 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Cengiz|first1=Orhan Kemal|title=1915 and terrorists on mountains|url=http://www.todayszaman.com/columnists/orhan-kemal-cengiz_295073-1915-and-terrorists-on-mountains.html|publisher=Zaman Today|date=11 October 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416165200/http://www.todayszaman.com/columnists/orhan-kemal-cengiz_295073-1915-and-terrorists-on-mountains.html|archive-date=16 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Gibbons|first1=Fiachra|title=Erdogan needs to move fast to heal Turkey's divides|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jan/21/erdogan-move-fast-heal-turkey-divides|work=The Guardian|date=21 January 2013}}</ref><ref name=Spectator>{{cite news|title=Author Hasan Cemal Fired from Milliyet Newspaper|url=http://www.mirrorspectator.com/2013/03/20/author-hasan-cemal-fired-from-milliyet-newspaper/|access-date=24 May 2013|newspaper=Armenian Mirror-Spectator|date=20 March 2013}}</ref><ref name=Knights>{{cite news|title=Knights to Honor Hasan Cemal|url=http://www.armenianweekly.com/2013/03/13/knights-to-honor-hasan-cemal/|access-date=24 May 2013|newspaper=Armenian Weekly|date=13 March 2013}}</ref> Cemal remarked in his book, "To deny the Genocide would mean to be an accomplice in this crime against humanity."<ref name=Spectator />


⚫ The book highlights Cemal's "personal transformation" and his experiences in Armenia.<ref name=Knights /> While Cemal was in Armenia, he had an opportunity to meet and have lunch with Armen Gevorkyan, the grandson of Artashes Gevorgyan, the man who assassinated his grandfather ] in 1922.<ref name=GPN>{{cite news|title=Cemal Pasha's Grandson Publishes a Book, "1915 Armenian Genocide"|url=http://www.genocidepreventionnow.org/Home/tabid/39/ctl/DisplayArticle/mid/1137/aid/630/Default.aspx|access-date=24 May 2013|newspaper=GenocidePreventionNow|date=Winter 2012}}</ref><ref name=grandson1 />
⚫ Cemal would eventually apologize to all Armenians for the Armenian Genocide.<ref name=grandson1>{{cite news|title=Hasan Cemal, Grandson of Cemal Pasha, Apoligizes for the Genocide|url=http://www.thearmenianobserver.com/?p=334|accessdate=25 May 2013|newspaper=The Armenian Observer|date=6 April 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Turkey's Gul Deems Shameful The Dismissal of Journalist That Wrote Book About Armenian Genocide|url=http://news.am/eng/news/147194.html|accessdate=25 May 2013|newspaper=NEWS.am|date=3 April 2013|quote=Cemal had visited Armenian capital city Yerevan's Genocide Memorial in 2008 and apologized to the Armenians for the genocide.}}</ref> Cemal also has insisted that the Turkish government should also apologize to the Armenians for the Armenian Genocide as well.<ref name=grandson1 />


⚫ Cemal eventually apologized to all Armenians for the Armenian genocide for his grandfather's part in it.<ref name=grandson1>{{cite news|title=Hasan Cemal, Grandson of Cemal Pasha, Apologizes for the Genocide|url=http://www.thearmenianobserver.com/?p=334|access-date=25 May 2013|newspaper=The Armenian Observer|date=6 April 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Turkey's Gul Deems Shameful The Dismissal of Journalist That Wrote Book About Armenian Genocide|url=http://news.am/eng/news/147194.html|access-date=25 May 2013|newspaper=NEWS.am|date=3 April 2013|quote=Cemal had visited Armenian capital city Yerevan's Genocide Memorial in 2008 and apologized to the Armenians for the genocide.}}</ref> Cemal also has insisted that the Turkish government should also apologize to the ] for the ].<ref name=grandson1 />
==Political Views==
His human rights record is unapologetic, as he was against the wearing of the ] by ] in the ], stating, "Merve Kavakçı is a ] member of parliament. She challenged Parliament with her headscarf on the first day. She provoked a crisis."<ref>{{cite news|title=Merve Kavakçı'yı hatırlamak|url=http://yenisafak.com.tr/yazarlar/HilalKaplan/merve-kavakciyi-hatirlamak/40340|newspaper=Yeni Şafak|language=Turkish |accessdate=1 November 2013}}</ref>


==Works== ==Works==
Some of Hasan Cemal's works include:<ref name=bugun /> Some of Hasan Cemal's works include:<ref name=bugun />
*1915: Ermeni Soykırımı (English: 1915: Armenian Genocide; 2012) *''1915: Ermeni Soykırımı'' (English: ''1915: Armenian Genocide''; 2012)
**English edition translated by Liz Erçevik Amado and Irazca Geray, published by the Hrant Dink Foundation and the ], 2015 (978-6056448-88-1).
*Barışa Emanet Olun (English: Be One with Peace; 2011)
*Türkiye'nin Asker Sorunu (English: Turkey's Military Problem; 2010) *''Barışa Emanet Olun'' (English: ''Be One with Peace''; 2011)
*Cumhuriyet'i Çok Sevmiştim (English: I Liked This Republic; 2005) *''Türkiye'nin Asker Sorunu'' (English: ''Turkey's Military Problem''; 2010)
*''Cumhuriyet'i Çok Sevmiştim'' (English: ''I Really Liked Cumhuriyet''; 2005)
*Kürtler (English: Kurds; 2004) *''Kürtler'' (English: ''Kurds''; 2004)
*Kimse Kızmasın, Kendimi Yazdım (English: No one should be mad, I Wrote Myself; 1999)
*Özal Hikayesi (English: The Story of ]; 1989) *''Kimse Kızmasın, Kendimi Yazdım'' (English: ''Don't Be Mad, I Wrote Myself''; 1999)
*Tarihi Yaşarken Yakalamak (English: To Live with History while Living; 1987) *''Özal Hikayesi'' (English: ''The Story of ]''; 1989)
*Demokrasi Korkusu (English: Fear of Democracy; 1986) *''Tarihi Yaşarken Yakalamak'' (English: ''To Catch History Alive''; 1987)
*Tank Sesiyle Uyanmak (English: Waking up to the Sound of Tanks; 1986) *''Demokrasi Korkusu'' (English: ''Fear of Democracy''; 1986)
*''Tank Sesiyle Uyanmak'' (English: ''Waking Up to the Sound of Tanks''; 1986)


==Awards== ==Awards==
Some of Hasan Cemal's award include:<ref name=dakika /> Some of Hasan Cemal's awards include:<ref name=dakika />
*The ''Fıkra'' Award from the Doruktakiler ve Gazeteciler Cemiyeti (1989) *The ''Fıkra'' Award from the Doruktakiler ve Gazeteciler Cemiyeti (1989)
*Sedat Simavi Award for Journalist of the Year (1986) *Sedat Simavi Award for Journalist of the Year (1986)
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==References== ==References==
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==External links== ==External links==
* *{{YouTube|eQAUzQ8Knw8|Hasan Cemal's speech during an event entitled "From Der Zor to Dzidzernagapert" held in Los Angeles, 31 March}}.
* *{{YouTube|id=4VOkOZlm6WQ&t=4m52s|title=Hasan Cemal interviewed during the German film Aghet about the Armenian Genocide}}
* at t24.com.tr * at t24.com.tr


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Latest revision as of 08:52, 2 January 2025

Hasan Cemal
Born1944 (age 80–81)
Istanbul, Turkey
NationalityTurkish
Alma materAnkara University
Occupation(s)Journalist, writer

Hasan Cemal (born 1944) is a Turkish journalist and writer. He was the editor of Cumhuriyet from 1981 to 1992, and of Sabah from 1992 to 1998. In 2013 he resigned from the Milliyet newspaper after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had criticised his article supporting Milliyet's publication of minutes of a parliamentary visit to Abdullah Öcalan, and Milliyet suspended him and refused to publish his returning column.

Cemal is the grandson of Djemal Pasha, one of the "Three Pashas" who led the Ottoman Empire during World War I. He is known for acknowledging and apologizing for the Armenian genocide, which was perpetrated in part by his grandfather and his colleagues. His 2012 book on the subject (written in response to the 2007 assassination of his friend Hrant Dink) is titled 1915: Ermeni Soykırımı (English: 1915: Armenian Genocide).

Early life and education

Hasan Cemal was born in 1944 in Istanbul, Turkey. His mother had Georgian and Circassian ancestry. In 1965, Cemal graduated from the Faculty of Political Science, Ankara University with a Political Science Degree.

Career

Cemal began working for the weekly Hakkı Devrim [tr] in 1969 and soon thereafter, he became an Ankara representative of the Cumhuriyet newspaper. In 1981, he was appointed chief editor of Cumhuriyet newspaper. He resigned in January 1992 in a dispute over editorial policy: "I tried to widen the spectrum, to keep the balance. But they (old-guard intellectuals) always resisted, calling us plotters, tools of big business and the United States". He became the editor of the Sabah newspaper in May 1992, remaining in the position until 1998. From 1998 he worked for Milliyet.

During the heightened tensions between the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the Turkish government, Hasan Cemal would be noted for conducting interviews with notable PKK leaders such as Abdullah Öcalan and Murat Karayilan. In 2013 the Milliyet newspaper he wrote for suspended him for two weeks after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had criticised his article supporting Milliyet's publication of minutes of a parliamentary visit to Öcalan. When Milliyet then refused to publish his returning column, he resigned. In 2018, he received a suspended sentence to a prison term of more than 3 months for his documentation of the withdrawal of the PKK in 2013.

He then started writing on the independent news website T24 in 2013. He was awarded the Nieman Foundation for Journalism Louis Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism in 2015. A column he published on 12 August 2015 harshly criticising President Erdoğan, titled "The Responsibility for the Bloodshed Lies on the Sultan at the Palace" led him to be prosecuted for insulting the President. The prosecutor demanded a prison sentence of 4 years and 8 months for Cemal.

Armenian genocide

According to Dennis Papazian of the University of Michigan's Armenian Research Center, in the 1980s, Hasan Cemal supported the Turkish government's position denying the Armenian Genocide. After some Turkish diplomats were assassinated by the armed Armenian ASALA group, he however began an inquiry and eventually changed his mind. Following a trip to Armenia, where he visited the Armenian Genocide memorial, Hasan Cemal published a book entitled 1915: The Armenian Genocide. The book became a bestseller in Turkey. Cemal remarked in his book, "To deny the Genocide would mean to be an accomplice in this crime against humanity."

The book highlights Cemal's "personal transformation" and his experiences in Armenia. While Cemal was in Armenia, he had an opportunity to meet and have lunch with Armen Gevorkyan, the grandson of Artashes Gevorgyan, the man who assassinated his grandfather Djemal Pasha in 1922.

Cemal eventually apologized to all Armenians for the Armenian genocide for his grandfather's part in it. Cemal also has insisted that the Turkish government should also apologize to the Armenians for the Armenian genocide.

Works

Some of Hasan Cemal's works include:

  • 1915: Ermeni Soykırımı (English: 1915: Armenian Genocide; 2012)
    • English edition translated by Liz Erçevik Amado and Irazca Geray, published by the Hrant Dink Foundation and the Gomidas Institute, 2015 (978-6056448-88-1).
  • Barışa Emanet Olun (English: Be One with Peace; 2011)
  • Türkiye'nin Asker Sorunu (English: Turkey's Military Problem; 2010)
  • Cumhuriyet'i Çok Sevmiştim (English: I Really Liked Cumhuriyet; 2005)
  • Kürtler (English: Kurds; 2004)
  • Kimse Kızmasın, Kendimi Yazdım (English: Don't Be Mad, I Wrote Myself; 1999)
  • Özal Hikayesi (English: The Story of Özal; 1989)
  • Tarihi Yaşarken Yakalamak (English: To Catch History Alive; 1987)
  • Demokrasi Korkusu (English: Fear of Democracy; 1986)
  • Tank Sesiyle Uyanmak (English: Waking Up to the Sound of Tanks; 1986)

Awards

Some of Hasan Cemal's awards include:

  • The Fıkra Award from the Doruktakiler ve Gazeteciler Cemiyeti (1989)
  • Sedat Simavi Award for Journalist of the Year (1986)

See also

References

  1. ^ Hurriyet Daily News, 19 March 2013, Daily Milliyet parts ways with prominent journalist Cemal after İmralı leaks debate
  2. Sassounian, Harut (5 April 2011). "Cemal Pasha's Grandson Says Genocide, Morgenthau's Great Granddaughter Doesn't". Armenian Weekly. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  3. ^ Baydar, Yavuz. "Facing Turkey's Past: Struma and 1915". HuffPost. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  4. ^ "Hasan Cemal kimdir? (Who is Hasan Cemal?)". Bugun (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 5 June 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  5. CEMAL, Hasan (16 July 1997). "Kardeşlik ve barış..." Sabah (in Turkish). Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  6. CEMAL, Hasan (24 August 2007). "Kökler!". Milliyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  7. CEMAL, Hasan (25 August 2007). "Roots!". Milliyet. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
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