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Tuncay Özkan (Ahmet Tuncay Özkan) was born on 14 August, 1966 in Ankara, Turkey, is a politician. Discover Tuncay Özkan's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Also learn how He earned most of networth at the age of 57 years old?
| Popular As |
Ahmet Tuncay Özkan |
| Occupation |
Journalist, writer, politician |
| Age |
57 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Leo |
| Born |
14 August, 1966 |
| Birthday |
14 August |
| Birthplace |
Ankara, Turkey |
| Nationality |
Turkey |
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He is a member of famous politician with the age 57 years old group.
Tuncay Özkan Height, Weight & Measurements
At 57 years old, Tuncay Özkan height not available right now. We will update Tuncay Özkan's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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| Parents |
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| Wife |
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| Children |
2 |
Tuncay Özkan Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Tuncay Özkan worth at the age of 57 years old? Tuncay Özkan’s income source is mostly from being a successful politician. He is from Turkey. We have estimated
Tuncay Özkan's net worth
, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2023 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2022 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2022 |
Under Review |
| House |
Not Available |
| Cars |
Not Available |
| Source of Income |
politician |
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Timeline
On 5 August 2013 Özkan was sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment.
An appeal to the ECHR was turned down in early 2012.
In June 2002, he went back to Show TV to work as general news manager. In June 2002, he was appointed as the CEO of Çukurova Media Group, a position he left in December 2003 to create his own television channel called Kanaltürk. On May 13, 2008, he sold this Kanaltürk with all its related side companies to Akın İpek, CEO of Koza Madencilik A.Ş. In September 2008, Tuncay Özkan founded a new television channel called Kanal Biz which was forced to close one year later due to financial difficulties at the time. Tuncay Özkan also worked for many years as a columnist for several Turkish national newspapers (Radikal, Milliyet and Akşam).
Tuncay Özkan was put in prison on September 27, 2008 as an Ergenekon suspect. According to the prosecution, he was a member of the terrorist organization which was allegedly preparing a Turkish secularist military coup against the Turkish government. Tuncay Özkan served his sentence at the Silivri Prison (80 km outside Istanbul). He was sharing a cell with the arrested journalist and Turkish MP Mustafa Balbay since October 2012.
As one of the founding fathers of the Cumhuriyet mitingleri (Republican meetings), Tuncay Özkan launched a political civic movement called Biz Kaç Kişiyiz (How many of us is there?) on September 12, 2007. In just seven months, this movement managed to gather over 1.3 million citizens, according to the official website, to protest against the Turkish government controlled by the conservative Islamist AKP. On June 23, 2008, Tuncay Özkan was elected as the chairman of the Kemalist Yeni Parti (New Party) and, following his arrest in September 2008, the party replaced him to this position before merging with another political party named HEPAR.
Tuncay Özkan began his career in journalism in 1981 as a local reporter in Ankara. Three years later, he was hired by Hürün newspaper published by the group Hürriyet. From 1988 to 1993, Tuncay Özkan worked for the Kemalist daily Cumhuriyet and then moved to the popular private television channel called Show TV to work as a correspondent in Ankara for their political show Arena. In 1995, he started with another private channel Kanal D where he worked as the general news manager (1996-2002).
Ahmet Tuncay Özkan (born 14 August 1966) is a Turkish journalist, writer and politician. He was arrested on September 27, 2008, in relation to the odatv case of the Ergenekon trials, and in August 2013 he was sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment.
