Dogan Uygur is an engineer, entrepreneur, and writer. Born and raised in southern Turkey, he attended college in Istanbul before moving to the US for graduate school in 1961. He ha...view moreDogan Uygur is an engineer, entrepreneur, and writer. Born and raised in southern Turkey, he attended college in Istanbul before moving to the US for graduate school in 1961. He has started and run businesses both in Turkey and America, including Enternasyonal Makina Sanayi, a company that was at the forefront of Turkish machine manufacturing during the 1970s. After escaping political upheaval in Turkey in 1978, he returned to the US, where he worked in commercial real estate for nearly thirty years. Today, he lives in Freehold, New Jersey, with his wife, Nukhet.view less