Ahmet Taner Kışlalı (July 10, 1939 - October 21, 1999) was a Turkish intellectual, political scientist, lawyer, journalist/author and politician. July 10 is the 191st day (192nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 174 days remaining. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... October 21 is the 294th day of the year (295th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 71 days remaining. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... An intellectual is a person who uses his or her intellect to study, reflect, speculate on, or ask and answer questions with regard to a variety of different ideas. ... See also: Political Science Notable political scientists Kenneth Arrow - Nobel Memorial Prize winning economist who published influential paper on his widely cited Arrows Impossibility Theorem Robert Axelrod Duncan Black - Responsible for unearthing the work of many early political scientists, including Charles Dodgson Jean-Charles de Borda - 18th century mathematician... British barrister 16th century painting of a civil law notary, by Flemish painter Quentin Massys. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... An author is the person who creates a written work, such as a book, story, article or the like. ... A politician is an individual involved in politics to the extent of holding or running for public office. ...

Kışlalı was born on July 10, 1939, in Zile, Tokat, in Turkey. He completed his primary and secondary education in Kilis, and graduated from "Kabataş Erkek Lisesi" high school in İstanbul in 1957. Zile is a city in eastern Turkey and an important agricultural trading centre. ... Shows the Location of the Province Tokat Tokat is a province in northern Turkey. ... Satellite image of Istanbul and the Bosphorus Istanbul (Turkish: Ä°stanbul; Greek: Κωνσταντινούπολη; Armenian: Ստամբուլը; Hebrew: איסטנבול; Bulgarian: Истанбул; formerly known as Constantinople until 1930) is Turkeys largest city, and its cultural and economic center. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

He graduated from School of Political Sciences at Ankara Üniversitesi, in 1963. During his college years he also worked in "Yeni Gün" newspaper, published in Ankara. He got his Ph.D. on " Çağdaş Türkiye'de Siyasal Güçler" (Political Powers in Contemporary Turkey) from the University of Paris, Department of Constitutional Law and Political Science. He started his academic life as a lecturer in Hacettepe Üniversitesi, Ankara. He then moved to School of Political Sciences at Ankara University and became an assistant professor, and later an associate professor in 1977. Ankara University is a public university in Ankara, the capital city of Turkey. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the countrys second largest city after Istanbul. ... The Sorbonne, Paris, in a 17th century engraving The historic University of Paris (French: Université de Paris) first appeared in the second half of the 12th century, but was in 1970 reorganized as 13 autonomous universities (University of Paris I–XIII). ... Hacettepe University Hacettepe University, situated in Ankara,is a prominent and academically developed university in Turkey. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ...

In 1977 he was elected to the Turkish parliament, Grand National Assembly of Turkey, as deputy of İzmir. Between the years 1978-1979 he was appointed to position of Ministry of Culture, by Bülent Ecevit. During his term of ministry, he restarted the effort of printing classical works by the state press, making these available to masses at cheap prices. The Grand National Assembly (Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi in Turkish) is the unicameral parliament of Turkey which carries out legislative functions. ... Shows the Location of the Province Ä°zmir Izmir from space, June 1996 Izmir (Turkish spelling Ä°zmir, contraction of its former name Smyrna), the second-largest port (after Ä°stanbul) and the third most populous city (2,409,000 in 2000) of Turkey, is located on the Aegean Sea near the Gulf... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... Bülent Ecevit, born Mustafa Bülent Ecevit on May 28, 1925 in Istanbul, Turkey, is a Turkish politician and was also a writer and journalist. ...

After the military coup of September 12, 1980, he went back to the academia and became a full professor in 1988. He continued to give lectures on political science in Department of Communication in Ankara University, after his retirement. Starting from 1991, he had a regular column in the leftist "Cumhuriyet" newspaper with the title "Haftaya Bakış" (A View of the Week). A coup détat, or simply a coup, is the sudden overthrow of a government, usually done by a small group that just replaces the top power figures. ... September 12 is the 255th day of the year (256th in leap years). ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Kışlalı was killed in Ankara, on October 21, 1999, after handling a bomb which had been placed on his car. His death is thought to have been the work of Islamic militants. Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the countrys second largest city after Istanbul. ... A car bomb is an improvised explosive device that is placed in a car or other vehicle and then exploded. ... This article contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ...

External links

• Who is who entry page in belgenet. (in Turkish)
• Ahmet Taner Kislali - His life, articles and books. (in Turkish)