Professor Fahrettin Altun has served as Turkey's communications director since July 25, 2018. Born in Stuttgart, Germany, in 1976, he holds a bachelor's degree in sociology from Istanbul University and a master's degree in sociology from Mimar Sinan University. Altun has authored the book The Theory of Modernization, and is a co-author of The Triumph of Turkish Democracy: The July 15 Coup At- tempt and Its Aftermath, The Origins of Terrorism and Counter-Terror- ism Strategy, Press Freedom in Turkey: Myths and Facts, and Media on July 15, which were published by SETA.
