Türkkaya Ataöv (born 1932) is a Turkish academic and columnist.

Ataöv taught that the historical record of the Armenian Genocide was based on false or misinterpreted documents.

In these books, he claims that the genocide did not occur, citing sources and statistics obtained from the Ottoman Archives.

[3][4][5] In 2009, Ataöv had a speaking engagement at McGill University which was met by protests from Armenian students.

Ataöv has also published poems, writings and essays in various art magazines.