Metin Göktepe facts for kids
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Metin Göktepe
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| Born | April 10, 1968 Gürün, Turkey
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| Died | January 8, 1996 (aged 27) Istanbul, Turkey
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| Education | Istanbul University |
| Occupation | Journalist, Photojournalist, Reporter |
| Years active | 1992–1996 |
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Notable credit(s)
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Photojournalist, reporter for Evrensel |
Metin Göktepe (pronounced [metin ɟœctepe]; April 10, 1968 – January 8, 1996) was a Kurdish photojournalist who was tortured and murdered in police custody in Istanbul on January 8, 1996.
Life
Metin Göktepe was born to a Kurdish family in Sivas on April 10, 1968, in the village of Çipil of Gürün district. He was the seventh and penultimate child of his parents. He attended primary school in Sivas until fourth grade and moved with his family to Istanbul in 1979 where he completed the fifth grade and his secondary studies in 1986. In 1989, he started attending The Department of Public Finance in the Faculty of Economics of Istanbul University, and he was introduced to politics through his older sister and brother and student associations. Prior to his graduation, he started his career in Gerçek (The Truth) magazine in 1992, and later also started to work for the leftist periodical Evrensel as a reporter in 1995.
See also
Metin Göktepe Journalism Awards
