19 August 2018•Update: 21 August 2018
ISTANBUL
Gungor Uras, one of the renowned Turkish economy columnists, died at a hospital in Istanbul at the age of 85.
Hospital sources told Anadolu Agency that Uras has passed away but they didn't mention the cause of death.
Turkish Fuat Oktay, Presidential Spokesman Ibrahim Kalin and Turkish presidency communications chief Fahrettin Altun extended their condolences to the family of Uras on Twitter.
Uras had been writing on for popular Turkish daily newspaper Milliyet and the country's financial daily 'Dunya' (The World) since 1998.
Reporting by Ali Atar and Yesim Sert Karaaslan; Writing by Can Erozden
