Turan Dursun

Turan Dursun (1934, Şarkışla, Sivas Province – 4 September 1990, Istanbul) was a Turkish Islamic scholar and a writer. His work heavily criticizes Islam and its founders.He first worked as a religious officer before becoming an atheist during his study of the history of monotheistic religions. Dursun wrote a number of books about religion, which included interpretations of Islamic texts. He was an open critic of religion and was frequently threatened by fundamentalists.