Fehmi Koru

His article ‘Democracy and Islam: The Turkish Experiment’ came out in Sept/Oct 1996 issue of ‘Muslim Politics Report’ of the Council on Foreign Relations.

He was a columnist in daily Haberturk (2014–2016).

He participated in many scholarly symposia and meetings in and out of Turkey, attended to Bilderberg Conference of 2006.

He was the recipient of several prestigious press awards including one from Turkish Journalists Association (2003) and another from Progressive Journalists Association of Turkey (2003).

He then joined in daily Yeni Şafak as Ankara Bureau Chief (1999) and was also its chief columnist until 2010. He later joined daily Star (2011- 2014).

He was a regular commentator on Turkish TV Kanal-7 (1995-2015).

Served as a consultant in the State Planning Organisation (1985-1986).

He was the editor of the daily Milli Gazete (1984) and worked at daily Zaman from its inception (1986), first as the editor in chief (1986-1987) then as the chief editorial writer as well as Ankara Bureau Chief (1995-1998). He wrote for ‘Turkish Daily News’ (1999-2000), and ‘The New Anatolian’ (2006); both are English language dailies.

He also worked as a research affiliate at the Center for International Studies of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1980-1982).

Koru studied theology in Institute of High Islamic Studies, Izmir/Turkey (1973), and received his master's degree from the Center for Middle Eastern Studies of Harvard University (1982), in between he spent 15 months in London (1977-1978) to study English and a year in Damascus/Syria to improve his Arabic, at Dar-es Selam Arabic Language Center (1979)..

Fehmi Koru (born 24 July 1950 in Izmir) is a Turkish journalist and columnist.