06.04.2026 15:50
The author and sociologist Prof. Dr. Yalçın Küçük, who had been receiving treatment for health issues for some time, passed away in Ankara.
Prof. Dr. Yalçın Küçük passed away at the age of 87 due to health issues he had been struggling with for a while.
It was learned that Küçük passed away during the afternoon, and his son Ömer was awaited for the funeral ceremony.
WHO IS YALÇIN KÜÇÜK?
Yalçın Küçük was born in 1938 in the İskenderun district of Hatay. After graduating from Kabataş High School, he graduated from the Faculty of Political Sciences at Ankara University in 1960.
Küçük started his career at the State Planning Organization, where he held positions such as the Head of the Long-Term Planning Department. In 1966, he stepped into academic life at the Middle East Technical University (METU) and became an associate professor in 1971. However, he was removed from his position at the university following the coup on March 12, 1971.
In the 1970s, Küçük wrote articles on socialism in the magazines Yön, Emek, and Ant, and served in the economy department of Cumhuriyet Newspaper between 1973-1976. During the same period, he took an active role in the Turkish Workers' Party (TİP) and served as the editor of the party's publication, Yürüyüş Newspaper.
After being expelled from TİP in 1979, he began publishing the Socialist Power magazine. That same year, he continued his teaching position at the Ankara Academy of Economic and Commercial Sciences. He was once again removed from the university after the coup on September 12, 1980.
After September 12, Küçük participated in the "Intellectuals' Petition" movement alongside Aziz Nesin and was arrested due to his book titled "For a New Republic," published in 1983. After receiving the title of professor in 1987, he worked at Gazi University and retired in 1993.
Since the 2000s, Yalçın Küçük conducted research on Turkey's recent history and was arrested in 2009 as part of the Ergenekon case, but was later released.