Cavit Orhan Tütengil was a Turkish

Turkish people

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 sociologist, writer and columnist

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, who was murdered.

Biography

He was born in Sebil, a village of Tarsus

Tarsus (city)

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, in Mersin

Mersin Province

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 province of Turkey

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. Following his primary education in his hometown, he attended Haydarpaşa High school in Istanbul

Istanbul

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 finishing in 1940. Tütengil studied philosophy at Istanbul University

Istanbul University

Istanbul University is a Turkish university located in Istanbul. The main campus is adjacent to Beyazıt Square.- Synopsis :A madrasa, a religious school, was established sometime in the 15th century after the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople. An institution of higher education named the...

 and graduated with a degree in 1944.

Between 1944 and 1953, Tütengil served as a high school teacher for philosophy in Antalya

Antalya

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 and Diyarbakır

Diyarbakır

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, and worked in village institutes as well.

In 1953, Cavit Orhan Tütengil started his academic career by entering Faculty of Economics at Istanbul University as an assistant for sociology

Sociology

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. He conducted his Ph.D.

Doctor of Philosophy

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 on "Political and Economic Opinions of Montesquieu

Charles de Secondat, baron de Montesquieu

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", which brought him 1957 the Science Award of Turkish Language Association

Turkish Language Association

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. He became associate professor in 1960, and from 1970 on, he served as professor. The Ministry of National Education sent him in 1962 for two years to England

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.

He was one of the most original Turkish sociologists. His basic field of interest focused on development sociology

Rural sociology

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. To his opinion, Turkey is a transition country and the compass should be Atatürk

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was an Ottoman and Turkish army officer, revolutionary statesman, writer, and the first President of Turkey. He is credited with being the founder of the Republic of Turkey....

's thoughts. Having excellent command of Turkish language, he wrote his Kemalist opinions in his column in the leftist newspaper Cumhuriyet

Cumhuriyet

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many years long.

Cavit Orhan Tütengil was murdered early in the morning on December 7, 1979 on the way to university at a city bus stop in Levent, Istanbul. The four assassins gunned him in crossfire

Crossfire

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and left a notice signed "Anti Terör Birliği" (Anti terror Unit) on the crime scene. The assassination remained unsolved.

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