Mehmet Avni Özgürel (born 1948, in Ankara) is a Turkish journalist, author and screenwriter. He was writing for the newspaper Radikal. According to Today's Zaman, he is "known for his close ties to Turkey's National Intelligence Organization".Today's Zaman, 17 December 2012, Journalist says he saw Öcalan at MİT foundation in 1960s He has interviewed Murat Karayılan of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).Today's Zaman, 18 June 2012, British intelligence played mediator role for Oslo talks
He is the screenwriter of the 2007 Turkish film Zincirbozan, on the 1980 Turkish coup d'état,Today's Zaman, 14 April 2007, Military coup takes center stage at İstanbul film fest Sultan Avrupa'da (2009), on Sultan Abdülaziz's 1867 trip to Europe;Hurriyet Daily News, 16 August 2009, A documentary to discover Turkey's place in Europe and of the 2010 Mahpeyker: Kösem Sultan, on Kösem Sultan.Hurriyet Daily News, 14 September 2010, Turkish screenwriter tells Ottoman history through one woman's life He is the screenwriter and producer of 2014 Turkish film Darbe, on the February 7, 2012 Turkish intelligence crisis.
In 2013 he was appointed a member of the 63-member Committee of Wise Men convened to assist the Turkish-Kurdish solution process.Today's Zaman, 3 April 2013, Government reveals 63-member wise men list to advance settlement process
Books İşaret taşları (2001), Timas Publishing Group Cumhuriyet ve din (2003), Ufuk Kitapları Osmanlı'ya hasret topraklar (2005), Ufuk Yayınları Ayrılıkçı hareketler: Ziya Gökalp'in Kürt Dosyası ekiyle''' (2006), Altın Kitaplar Portreler galerisi : küllenen izler (2009), Etkileșim Yayınları Osmanlı'dan Cumhuriyet'e iktidar oyunu'' (2009), Etkileşim Yayınları
References
External links Özgürel at Radikal