 He began his journalist career already in 1950 at age of 18, and worked as reporter, columnist and editor-in-chief long time for the major newspapers like "Ulus", "Akşam", "Cumhuriyet" and "Milliyet".He founded the press agency Anka news agency in 1972.In the 1960s, Altan Öymen served as the press attaché in Bonn, Federal Republic of Germany.