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Hıfzı Topuz
Hıfzı Topuz
	Topuz in 2008
Born	25 January 1923; Istanbul, Turkey
Died	26 September 2023 (aged 100); Istanbul, Turkey
Nationality	Turkish
Education	Law, journalism
Alma mater	Istanbul University, University of Strasbourg
Genre	Travel writing, novel, non-fiction

Hıfzı Topuz (25 January 1923 – 26 September 2023) was a Turkish journalist, travel writer and novelist. He also served as a lecturer on journalism at several universities.^[1]

Early life

Topuz was born on 25 January 1923 in Istanbul.^[2] After finishing his secondary education at the Galatasaray High School in 1942, he studied law at Istanbul University, graduating in 1948. Later, he went to France, where he attended University of Strasbourg to conduct further studies in international law and journalism between 1957 and 1959. In 1960, he earned a doctoral degree in journalism from the same university.^[3]

Professional career

After graduating from Istanbul University, Topuz entered journalism, and was employed between 1948 and 1957 at the daily newspaper Akşam, where he worked as a reporter and later as an editor. He co-founded Istanbul Journalists' Union, and served as its leader.^[3]^[4]

During his time in France, he applied for a vacant post at the headquarters of UNESCO in Paris. He worked as a travelling reporter for the organization between 1959 and 1983. He was responsible for projects like professional coordination between international organizations of journalism, journalism ethics and standards, journalism education and security of journalists. Topuz conducted seminars on journalism education in African countries, India and the Philippines. He developed rural area journalism project in Black Africa.^[3]

While in Paris, Topuz interviewed for the Turkish daily newspapers notable people like painter Fikret Mualla (1903–1967), poet Nazım Hikmet (1902–1963), journalist Zekeriya Sertel (1890–1980), painter Abidin Dino (1913–1993)), painter Nejat Devrim (1923–1995) and General Nikolaos Trikoupis (1869–1956), who commanded Greek troops during the Turkish War of Independence and became a prisoner of war.^[5]

Topuz planned in 1962 at the headquarters of UNESCO a project to establish the "College of Communications" (as its title then Turkish: Basın-Yayın Yüksek Okulu) at the University of Ankara.^[3]

Invited by İsmail Cem İpekçi, the newly appointed head of the state-owned Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT), he returned in 1974 to Turkey to lead the radio channels of TRT until 1975.^[3]

In 1986, Topuz founded the "İletişim Araştırmaları Derneği" (İLAD) (literally: Communications Research Association), and became their president.^[3]

Topuz wrote for the daily newspapers Vatan, Milliyet and Cumhuriyet and some magazines.^[3] He also taught lectures on press, history of radio-television, international communication and political communication at the communications faculties of Anadolu University, Galatasaray University and Istanbul University.^[3]

Writer

Topuz wrote non-fiction on communications in addition to biographies, travel books and novels. He opened a new field in the Turkish literature by choosing the subject matters of his novels from history or historical figures.^[6]

Death

Topuz died on 26 September 2023, at the age of 100.^[7]

Awards

Topuz was honored in 1998 with the "Sertel Demokrasi Ödülü" (Sertel Democracy Award). He received in 2007 the "Orhan Kemal Roman Armağanı" (Orhan Kemal Novel Prize) for his work Başın Öne Eğilmesin. The "Afrika Diplomatik Akademisi" (ADA) (Africa Diplomatic Academy) awarded him in 2008 with its "Peace and Friendship Prize".^[8] In 2009, the "Çağdaş Gazetecier Derneği" (Association of Contemporary Journalists) awarded him with its "Honor Prize".^[9]

Bibliography

Non-fiction

Basin sözlüğü: Fransızcadan Türkçeye Fransızcaya, İngilizce karşılıklı (1968) Yenilik Basımevi, 111pp
100 soruda Türk basın tarihi (1973) Gerc̦ek Yayınev, 270pp
Seçim savaşları: televizyon, radyo, basın ve afişle (1977) Milliyet, 134pp
Uluslararası İletişim (1984) Anadolu Üniversitesi, 243pp
Cumhuriyetʹin beş dönemeci (with Hüsamettin Ünsal) (1984) Sergi Yayınevi, 199pp
İletişimde karikatür ve toplum (1986) Anadolu Üniversitesi, 109pp
Basında tekelleşmeler (1989) İLAD, 111pp
Yarının radyo ve televizyon düzeni: özgür, özerk ve çoğulcu bir alternatif (1990) İLAD, 191pp
Türkiye'de sec̦im kampanyaları (1991) Türkiye Sosyal Ekonomik Siyasal Araștırmalar Vakfı, 85pp
Siyasal reklamcılık: dünyadan ve Türkiye'den örneklerle (1991) Cem Yayınevi, 248pp ISBN 975-406-320-6, ISBN 978-975-406-320-2
Seçimlerde iletişim politikaları (1991) TüSES, 230pp
Kara Afrika sanatı (1992) Ant, 96pp
Türk Basın Tarihi: II. Mahmut'tan holdinglere (1996) Remzi Kitabevi, 470pp
Başlangıcından Bugüne Dünya Karikatürü (1997) İnkılâp Kitabevi, 264pp
Dünyada ve Türkiye'de kültür politikaları (1998) Adam, 86pp

Biographies

Konuklar geçiyor: TV'de "Her hafta bir konuk" programındaki konuşmalar, anılar (1975) Çağdaş Yayınları, 237pp
Lumumba: Kara Afrikd̓a işkenceyle öldürülen ilk Başbakan (1987) Yön Yayıncılık, 199pp
Paris'te son Osmanlılar: Mediha Sultan ve Damat Ferit (1999) Remzi Kitabevi (reprint 2005), 302pp ISBN 975-14-0722-2, ISBN 978-975-14-0722-1
Hatice Sultan (2001) Remzi Kitabevi, 246pp ISBN 975-14-0774-5, ISBN 978-975-14-0774-0
Nâzïm Hikmet: vivre comme un arbre, seul et libre, vivre en frères comme les arbres d'une forêt (2002) Turquoise, 335pp
Gazi ve Fikriye (2006) Edition Orient, 286pp ISBN 975-14-0822-9, ISBN 978-975-14-0822-8
Fikret Muallâ: anılar, resimler, fotoğraflar (2005) Everest Yayınları, 359pp ISBN 975-289-238-8, ISBN 978-975-289-238-5
Abidin Dino: İkinci kitap, 1942–1952 (2008) Kitap Yayınevi
Abdülmecit: İmparatorluk Çökerken Sarayda 22 Yıl (2009) Remzi Kitabevi, 205pp ISBN 9751413575
Bana Atatürk'ü anlattılar (2010) Remzi Kitabevi, 167pp ISBN 975-14-1390-7, ISBN 978-975-14-1390-1

Travel books

Kara Afrika (1971) Milliyet yayınları, 348pp
Parisli yıllar (1994) Bilgi Yayinevi, 302pp
Elveda Afrika-Hoşça Kal Paris (2005) Remzi Kitabevi, 462pp ISBN 9751410231, ISBN 9789751410238
Nişantaşı Anıları (2009) Heyamola Yayınları, 134pp ISBN 6054307215, ISBN 9786054307210

Novels

Taif’te Ölüm (2000) Remzi Kitabevi, 255pp ISBN 975-14-0677-3, ISBN 978-975-14-0677-4
Meyyâle (1998) Remzi Kitabevi (reprint 2001), 224pp ISBN 975-14-0627-7, ISBN 978-975-14-0627-9
Eski Dostlar (2000) Remzi Kitabevi, 270pp ISBN 9751407524, ISBN 978-9751407528
Milli Mücadele'de Çamlıca'nın üç gülü (2002) Remzi Kitabevi, 287pp ISBN 975-14-0894-6, ISBN 978-975-14-0894-5
Devrim yılları (2004) Remzi kitabevi, 287pp ISBN
Tavcan: savaş yıllarında kültür devrimi roman (2005) Remzi Kitabevi, 221pp ISBN 9751410681
Başın Öne Eğilmesin: Sabahattin Ali'nin romanı (2006) Remzi Kitabevi, 264pp ISBN 9751411505
Özgürlüğe Kurşun (2007) Edition Orient, 254pp ISBN 975-14-1224-2, ISBN 978-975-14-1224-9
Kara çığlık: Afrika'da başkaldırı ve aşk (2008) Remzi Kitabevi, 228pp ISBN 975-14-1302-8, ISBN 978-975-14-1302-4