Reşit Emre Kongar (born 13 October 1941) is a Turkish social scientist,[1] academic, author, and columnist.[2] As of July 2021, he regularly writes his column at Cumhuriyet.[3]

Emre Kongar
Born (1941-10-13) 13 October 1941 (age 83)
Istanbul, Turkey
OccupationAuthor, academic, social scientist
EducationŞişli Terakki High School
Alma mater
SubjectSocial Science
Years active1966–present
Website
www.kongar.org

Early life and education

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Emre Kongar was born in 1941 in Istanbul, to İhsan Kongar, a philosophy teacher at Şişli Terakki High School and Pertevniyal High School and Mesude Kongar, also a philosophy teacher at Şişli Terakki High School and Zapyon High School.[4] Engin, his older brother, died with Yalçın M., a mountain climbing fellow, following a fatal accident that happened in Demirkazık Peak, located in Toros Mountains on 8 September 1956.[5]

He received his bachelor's degree of public finance at Faculty of Political Science, Ankara University of Ankara University in 1963 and later studied Master of Social Work at Michigan State University until 1966.[4]

Career

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In 1968, Kongar founded Social Studies Academy at Hacettepe University, Ankara.

In 1983, Kongar was one of the earliest academics to protest Council of Higher Education of Turkey, the post-coup d'état formed high level education supervision board, based on his claim that İhsan Doğramacı to found and lead this board, who was also the founder of Bilkent University, a private university, would disrupt public property function of the state owned universities.[6]

Between 1996 and 2000, until his retirement of academic profession, he lectured at Hacettepe, Yıldız Teknik and Istanbul Universities.[7]

Kongar supported the March for Justice led by Republican People's Party and walked along Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu on 21 June 2017.[8]

His book "İstanbul: 1940’lardan Bugüne Efsaneler Anılar İzlenimler" was published by Remzi Kitapevi in 2019.[9]

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Books

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Source:[10]

Year Original Title Publishing House
1972 İnsanı Yönlendirme ve Sosyal Hizmetler Türk Sosyal Bilimler Derneği Yayınları
1982 Cavit Orhan Tütengil Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları
1984 Üniversite Üzerine Hil Yayınevi
1986 Kültür ve İletişim Say Yayınevi
1987 Demokrasi İşçinin Ekmeğidir Türk Harb-İş Yayınları
1990 İstanbul Halkının Günlük Yaşam Biçimi ve Tüketim Davranışları Istanbul Chamber of Commerce
1991 İstanbul Tüketicisinin Perakende Alışveriş Alışkanlıklar Istanbul Chamber of Commerce
1992 Yirmibirinci Yüzyılda Dünya, Türkiye ve Kamuoyu Simavi Yayınları
1999 İstanbul Halkının Yaşam Biçimi ve Sorunları Istanbul Chamber of Commerce
1999 Yamyamlara Oy Yok! Remzi Kitapevi [tr]
2002 Demokrasi ve Vampirler Remzi Kitapevi
2003 Yozlaşan Medya ve Yozlaşan Türkçe Remzi Kitapevi
2006 Konsantremi Bozma! Remzi Kitapevi
2006 Trajikomik Remzi Kitapevi
2008 Demokrasimizle Yüzleşmek Remzi Kitapevi
2009 Herkesten Bir Şey Öğrendim İş Bankası Yayınları
2011 Ben Müsteşarken Remzi Kitapevi
2012 12 Eylül Kültürü Remzi Kitapevi
2013 Türkiye'yi Sarsan Otuz Gün, Gezi Direnişi Cumhuriyet Yayınları
2016 Yazarlar, Eleştiriler, Anılar Remzi Kitapevi
2016 21. Yüzyılda Türkiye Remzi Kitapevi
2016 28 Şubat ve Demokrasi Remzi Kitapevi
2017 Demokrasi ve Laiklik Remzi Kitapevi
2017 Demokrasi için Manifesto, Diren! Kırmızı Kedi Yayınevi
2017 Kızlarıma Mektuplar Remzi Kitapevi
2017 Babam, Oğlum, Torunum Remzi Kitapevi
2017 Devrim Tarihi ve Toplumbilim Açısından Atatürk Remzi Kitapevi
2017 Tarihimizle Yüzleşmek Remzi Kitapevi
2017 Toplumsal Değişme Kuramları ve Türkiye Gerçeği Remzi Kitapevi
2018 İçimizdeki Zalim Remzi Kitapevi
2019 İstanbul: 1940’lardan Bugüne Efsaneler Anılar İzlenimler” Remzi Kitapevi

Publications

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Year Original Title Publishing House
1972 İzmir'de Kentsel Aile[note 1] Türk Sosyal Bilimler Derneği Yayınları
1981 Atatürk ve Devrim Kuramlar

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "Sedat Simavi Ödülleri'ne internet haberciliği de dahil oldu" (in Turkish). NTV (Turkey). 14 June 2019. Archived from the original on 11 May 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  2. ^ "% 100 Futbol'a ödül" (in Turkish). NTV (Turkey). 7 January 2010. Archived from the original on 11 May 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Emre Kongar – Cumhuriyet" (in Turkish). Cumhuriyet. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Emre Kongar'ın Kısa Yaşam Öyküsü" (in Turkish). kongar.org. Archived from the original on 29 April 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  5. ^ Avcı, Ümran (8 July 2016). "Emre Kongar'dan 60 yıl öncesinin hikayesi" (in Turkish). Habertürk. Archived from the original on 30 April 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  6. ^ "Türk basınından izlenimler: Prof. Dr. Emre Kongar (Reşit Emre Kongar)" (in Turkish). Aydınlık. 9 December 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Kongar, Emre" (in Turkish). Ahmet Yesevi University. Archived from the original on 11 May 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  8. ^ "Tezcan: Kılıçdaroğlu'na yönelik adımda gök kubbeyi dar ederiz" (in Turkish). NTV (Turkey). 21 June 2017. Archived from the original on 11 May 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  9. ^ "Emre Kongar anlattı: Ona en az üç kez âşık oldum" (in Turkish). OdaTV. 5 October 2019. Archived from the original on 11 May 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  10. ^ "Yayınlanmış Kitapların Lisesi" (in Turkish). kongar.org. Archived from the original on 29 April 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
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