Reşit Emre Kongar (born 13 October 1941) is a Turkish social scientist, academic, author, and columnist. As of July 2021, 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 older brother, died with Yalçın M., a mountain climbing fellow, following a fatal accident that happened in Demirkazık Peak, located in Toros Mountains on 8 September 1956.
He received his bachelor's 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.
Bibliography Books Source: Year Original Title Publishing House1972İnsanı Yönlendirme ve Sosyal HizmetlerTürk Sosyal Bilimler Derneği Yayınları1982Cavit Orhan TütengilTürk Dil Kurumu Yayınları1984 Üniversite ÜzerineHil Yayınevi1986Kültür ve İletişimSay Yayınevi1987Demokrasi İşçinin EkmeğidirTürk Harb-İş Yayınları1990İstanbul Halkının Günlük Yaşam Biçimi ve Tüketim DavranışlarıIstanbul Chamber of Commerce1991İstanbul Tüketicisinin Perakende Alışveriş AlışkanlıklarIstanbul Chamber of Commerce1992Yirmibirinci Yüzyılda Dünya, Türkiye ve KamuoyuSimavi Yayınları1999İstanbul Halkının Yaşam Biçimi ve SorunlarıIstanbul Chamber of Commerce1999Yamyamlara Oy Yok!2002Demokrasi ve VampirlerRemzi Kitapevi2003Yozlaşan Medya ve Yozlaşan TürkçeRemzi Kitapevi2006Konsantremi Bozma! Remzi Kitapevi2006TrajikomikRemzi Kitapevi2008Demokrasimizle YüzleşmekRemzi Kitapevi2009Herkesten Bir Şey Öğrendimİş Bankası Yayınları2011Ben MüsteşarkenRemzi Kitapevi201212 Eylül KültürüRemzi Kitapevi2013Türkiye'yi Sarsan Otuz Gün, Gezi DirenişiCumhuriyet Yayınları2016Yazarlar, Eleştiriler, AnılarRemzi Kitapevi201621. Yüzyılda TürkiyeRemzi Kitapevi201628 Şubat ve DemokrasiRemzi Kitapevi2017Demokrasi ve LaiklikRemzi Kitapevi2017Demokrasi için Manifesto, Diren!Kırmızı Kedi Yayınevi2017Kızlarıma MektuplarRemzi Kitapevi2017Babam, Oğlum, TorunumRemzi Kitapevi2017Devrim Tarihi ve Toplumbilim Açısından AtatürkRemzi Kitapevi2017Tarihimizle YüzleşmekRemzi Kitapevi2017Toplumsal Değişme Kuramları ve Türkiye GerçeğiRemzi Kitapevi2018İçimizdeki ZalimRemzi Kitapevi2019İstanbul: 1940’lardan Bugüne Efsaneler Anılar İzlenimler”Remzi Kitapevi
Publications Year Original Title Publishing House1972İzmir'de Kentsel AilePhD Thesis.Türk Sosyal Bilimler Derneği Yayınları1981Atatürk ve Devrim Kuramlar
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External links Official Website Cumhuriyet Newspaper Archive