132:. Ahmet Abakay then became involved in the establishment of the Progressive Journalists' Association of Turkey. The association was established on 23 February 1978 and whose founding member was Alaatin Orhan. Ahmet Abakay became the chairman in 1982 until 1989. By the end of his chairmanship in 1989, the organization had 1,100 members throughout the country. He was an advisor to the Minister of the Press between 1992 and 2002. Abakay then became the chairman once again in 2005 and continues to serve the position till today.
170:(Turkish: Hoşana'nın Son Sözü) which describes the life of his mother, who was named Hoşana. In the book, Abakay revealed that his mother had told him of her Armenian identity weeks before her death. She had kept her identity a secret for 82 years, which Abakay believes was because "she lived in fear." Abakay was told by his mother not to tell the secret to anybody. Abakay states his mother was saved from the
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