Under Secretary Ambassador Feridun Sinirlioğlu hosted on April 26, 2013 the presentation of a Ministry commissioned book entitled “Gündüz Aktan – What He Said, What He Wrote”, with the participation of late Gündüz Aktan’s wife Ülkü Aktan, his children, Uygar and Nazan Aktan, as well as his friends, colleagues from both within and outside the Ministry and members of the press.
Ambassador Aktan, a well-known diplomat, columnist and politician, passed away in 2008.
In his speech, Ambassador Sinirlioğlu put emphasis on the late Gündüz Aktan’s professional diplomatic ethics, richness of opinion, common sense and humility. He indicated that the idea of commissioning this book sprang also from the desire to pass the richness of his ideas, observations and analyses to the coming generations through a work of reference.
Gündüz Aktan – What He Said, What He Wrote, Ankara, 2012