Emre Kongar


Reşit Emre Kongar is a Turkish social scientist, academic, author, and columnist. As of 2020, he regularly writes his column at Cumhuriyet.

Early life and education

Emre Kongar was born in 1941 in Istanbul, to İhsan Kongar, a philosophy teacher at Şişli Terakki High School and Pertevniyal High School and Mesude Kongar, also a philosophy teacher at Şişli Terakki High School and Zapyon High School. Engin, his elder brother, died with Yalçın M., a mount climbing fellow, following an fatal accident happened at Demirkazık Peak, located in Toros Mountains on 8 September 1956.
He received his bachelor degree of public finance at Faculty of Political Science, Ankara University of Ankara University in 1963 and later studied Master of Social Work at Michigan State University until 1966.

Career

In 1968, Kongar founded Social Studies Academy at Hacettepe University, Ankara.
In 1983, Kongar was one of the earliest academics to protest Council of Higher Education of Turkey, the post-coup d'état formed high level education supervision board, based on his claim that İhsan Doğramacı to found and lead this board, who was also the founder of Bilkent University, a private university, would disrupt public property function of the state owned universities.
Between 1996 and 2000, until his retirement of academic profession, he lectured at Hacettepe, Yıldız Teknik and Istanbul Universities.
Kongar supported the March for Justice led by Republican People's Party and walked along Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu on 21 June 2017.
His book "İstanbul: 1940’lardan Bugüne Efsaneler Anılar İzlenimler" was published by Remzi Kitapevi in 2019.

Books

Source:
YearOriginal TitlePublishing House
1972İnsanı Yönlendirme ve Sosyal HizmetlerTürk Sosyal Bilimler Derneği Yayınları
1982Cavit Orhan TütengilTürk Dil Kurumu Yayınları
1984Üniversite ÜzerineHil Yayınevi
1986Kültür ve İletişimSay Yayınevi
1987Demokrasi İşçinin EkmeğidirTürk Harb-İş Yayınları
1990İstanbul Halkının Günlük Yaşam Biçimi ve Tüketim DavranışlarıIstanbul Chamber of Commerce
1991İstanbul Tüketicisinin Perakende Alışveriş AlışkanlıklarIstanbul Chamber of Commerce
1992Yirmibirinci Yüzyılda Dünya, Türkiye ve KamuoyuSimavi Yayınları
1999İstanbul Halkının Yaşam Biçimi ve SorunlarıIstanbul Chamber of Commerce
1999Yamyamlara Oy Yok!
2002Demokrasi ve VampirlerRemzi Kitapevi
2003Yozlaşan Medya ve Yozlaşan TürkçeRemzi Kitapevi
2006Konsantremi Bozma!Remzi Kitapevi
2006TrajikomikRemzi Kitapevi
2008Demokrasimizle YüzleşmekRemzi Kitapevi
2009Herkesten Bir Şey Öğrendimİş Bankası Yayınları
2011Ben MüsteşarkenRemzi Kitapevi
201212 Eylül KültürüRemzi Kitapevi
2013Türkiye'yi Sarsan Otuz Gün, Gezi DirenişiCumhuriyet Yayınları
2016Yazarlar, Eleştiriler, AnılarRemzi Kitapevi
201621. Yüzyılda TürkiyeRemzi Kitapevi
201628 Şubat ve DemokrasiRemzi Kitapevi
2017Demokrasi ve LaiklikRemzi Kitapevi
2017Demokrasi için Manifesto, Diren!Kırmızı Kedi Yayınevi
2017Kızlarıma MektuplarRemzi Kitapevi
2017Babam, Oğlum, TorunumRemzi Kitapevi
2017Devrim Tarihi ve Toplumbilim Açısından AtatürkRemzi Kitapevi
2017Tarihimizle YüzleşmekRemzi Kitapevi
2017Toplumsal Değişme Kuramları ve Türkiye GerçeğiRemzi Kitapevi
2018İçimizdeki ZalimRemzi Kitapevi
2019İstanbul: 1940’lardan Bugüne Efsaneler Anılar İzlenimler”Remzi Kitapevi

Publications