Career
He was a faculty member at Gazi University from 1993 to 2007 and is a columnist for the Zaman and its English-language sister Today's Zaman. In January 2012 Türköne resigned from the Atatürk Culture, Language and History Institution, a month after being appointed by President Abdullah Gül. His appointment had been criticised as Türköne had previously described Atatürkism as a "closed minded and bigoted" ideology.
He is the ex-husband of former AKP deputy Özlem Türköne.