Ural Akbulut is a professor of chemistry at METU

Metu

Metu is a market town in southwestern Ethiopia. Located in the Illubabor Zone of the Oromia Region along the Sor River, this town has a latitude and longitude of and an altitude of 1605 meters...

. He had been METU's president from 2002 to 2008. During his presidency, he was involved in a debate with Melih Gökçek

Melih Gökçek

İbrahim Melih Gökçek is a Turkish politician who has been the mayor of Ankara since 1994. Between 1991-1994, he was a MP. Gökçek has won municipal elections in 1994, 1999, 2004, and 2009.- Early life :...

 regarding the water problem of Ankara

Ankara

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He coined the word e-memorandum

E-memorandum

E-memorandum is a controversial General Staff statement released on its Web site in 2007 weighing in the Turkish presidential elections in 2007. The candidate that would possibly be elected was Abdullah Gül...

 to describe military statements published on the Turkish Armed Forces

Turkish Armed Forces

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' website regarding the Turkish presidential election, 2007

Turkish presidential election, 2007

The 2007 Turkish presidential election refers to two attempts to elect the country's 11th president, to succeed Ahmet Necdet Sezer. The most likely candidate for president was Abdullah Gül...

. Presently, he is a columnist at Milliyet

Milliyet

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newspaper.