Ali Bayramoğlu (born 1956 in Istanbul, Turkey), is a Turkish writer and political commentator. He was a columnist in the Turkish daily newspaper Yeni Safak, writing from a liberal pro-Islamic viewpoint.[1] He has campaigned against ultra-nationalism,[2] militarism[3] and restrictions on Islamic political parties[4] in Turkey, and in favour of greater recognition of,[1] and accommodation with, the Kurdish population of Turkey,[5] and a break with what he sees as Ottomanist tendencies which prevent Turkey from moving forward on issues such as the Armenian genocide.[6] He has also campaigned in support of the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and warned against the possible rise of left-wing political violence in Turkey.[7]

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  1. ^ a b "Kurdish broadcasts perturb press". BBC News. 2004-06-08. Retrieved 2008-02-14.
  2. ^ "Wanted: Backers of Ergenekon". Today's Zaman. 2008-01-28. Archived from the original on 2008-02-13. Retrieved 2008-02-14.
  3. ^ "Military manoeuvres". The Economist. 2007-06-07. Retrieved 2008-02-14.
  4. ^ Kassaimah, Sahar Kassaimah (2001-06-27). "Turkey's Wounded Democracy". Islam Online. Retrieved 2008-02-14.
  5. ^ "From the Columns". Turkish Daily News. 2006-09-30. Archived from the original on 2012-07-07. Retrieved 2008-02-14.
  6. ^ Tavernise, Sabrina; Arsu, Sebnem (2007-10-11). "Traumatic issues trouble Turkey's sense of its identity". International Herald Tribune. Retrieved 2008-02-14.
  7. ^ Frantz, Douglas (2001-01-09). "Anxiety Is Rising in Turkey Over a Surge of Left-Wing Violence". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-02-14.
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