Top Book Recommendations by Aydoğan Vatandaş: Best Books for Success

Aydoğan Vatandaş is an investigative journalist from Turkey specializing in Political Science and International Relations. He is the founder, and the Editor-in-Chief of Politurco.com.He is the author of 13 books, many of which have become bestsellers in Turkey. While still in Turkey, he hosted a weekly TV discussion program titled "Black Box."

Aydoğan Vatandaş books in the Turkish language include: 

• "Armageddon," 1996, (Timas): A focus on U.S. foreign policy on the Middle East and Turkey, which consists of some Turkish classified documents over the changing objectives of the American Government in the region during the post-cold war era.
• ASALA Operations, 2005 (Alfa): an investigation into an Armenian militant group linked to the murders of Turkish diplomats between 1975 and 1984.
• Secret of Barnabas, 2007 (Timaş, Fiction) Based on a true story, it tells about an early Aramaic gospel found in a tomb in the early '80s in Hakkâri, a city in southern Turkey.
• Monşer, 2009 (Timaş) The story of a powerful Turkish family involved in the formation of the modern Turkish state.

'Reporting from the Bridge' and 'Hungry for Power: Erdogan's Witch Hunt and The Abuse of State Power' are his two other books published in English in the U.S.