Rıdvan Akar
Rıdvan Akar is a Turkish journalist and author. He has contributed to Söz, Ekonomik Panorama, Tempo, Milliyet. He has been editor-in-chief of the news programme 32. Gün. Together with Hikmet Bila and Mehmet Ali Birand, he has authored five editions of a book on the 1980 Turkish coup d'état. He is known for his work on history, politics and minorities in Turkey; he has also published a novel, Bir Irkçının İhaneti.
Akar was born in Zara, Sivas, in 1961. He graduated from Kabataş High School. He received a degree in finance from Gazi University. Then he obtained his master's degree again in finance from Istanbul University.