İbrahim Karagül explained

İbrahim Karagül (born 1969 in Sinlice, Salpazari, Trabzon) is a Turkish journalist and a former editor in chief of the newspaper Yeni Şafak.

Education and early life

He attended primary school in Sinlice, secondary education he received in Rize, Ordu and Trabzon. He graduated from the Imam Hatip school in Trabzon. He studied law at the Dokuz Eylül University in Izmir.[1] Since his student years, he worked in various media and worked as foreign news editor. He also stayed in Malaysia for a while, and translated a novel of the Malaysian author Shahnon Ahmad into Turkish.

Professional career

Karagül started working in Yeni Şafak in 1995, and is known for his articles and columns focusing on foreign politics. He was appointed as the general editor of television in 2011.[2] Then in July 2012, Karagül was appointed the editor-in-chief of Yeni Şafak of the Albayrak holding.[3] [4] During his tenure the newspaper turned into an outlet which staunchly supported the Turkish Government around Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.[5] [6] [7] His articles are often cited in the international press[8] [9] [10] as he claims that the U.S. attempted to kill the Turkish president Erdoğan supported the Turkish offensive in North-East Syria or accused foreign brokers of leading an attack against Turkey by the means of financial terrorism.[11] He also assumed that Turkey is under attack by the U.S. who allegedly unleashed the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) on Turkey.[12] During the Nagorno Karabakh conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenians, he insinuated that missiles should hit the city center of Yerevan "accidentally".[13] [14] [15] [16] Karagül resigned from Yeni Şafak in December 2020.[17]

Wildfires controversy

As in August 2021 he claimed that the Republican Peoples' Party (CHP) and the PKK were behind the raging wild fires, the CHP filed a criminal complaint against him.[18]

Personal life

Karagül is married and has two children.

References

  1. Web site: İbrahim Karagül. 2021-01-20. www.biyografya.com. en.
  2. Web site: İbrahim Karagül kimdir?. 2021-01-19. www.haberturk.com. 3 April 2019. tr.
  3. Web site: İbrahim Karagül, Yeni Şafak'taki görevini bıraktı: Başka bir hayatı deneyeceğim. 2021-01-20. birgun.net. Turkish.
  4. Web site: 2013-04-20. Albayrak Group. 2021-01-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20130420083303/http://albayrak.com.tr/En/Kurumsal/tarihce. 20 April 2013.
  5. Web site: 2020-10-08. Editor-in-chief of Turkish AKP mouthpiece: 'Turkey is a global power—now it's time for Azerbaijan to rise'. 2021-01-19. JNS.org. en-US.
  6. Web site: Erdogan's Turkey is no American ally AEI. 2021-01-19. American Enterprise Institute - AEI. en-US.
  7. Web site: Prominent Turkish Islamist editor-in-chief stripped of roles. 2021-01-19. Ahval. en.
  8. News: The US tried to kill Erdogan, says editor in chief of Turkish daily. 2021-01-19. Washington Post.
  9. Web site: Aykanat. Deniz. Kriegsjubel und Staatstreue. 2021-01-19. Süddeutsche.de. Süddeutsche Zeitung. de.
  10. Web site: Kazim. Hasnain. 26 October 2016. Türkei: Recep Tayyip Erdogan träumt vom Osmanischen Reich. 2021-01-20. www.spiegel.de. de.
  11. Web site: Güsten. 09 05 2020 um 12:56 von Susanne. 2020-05-09. Türkei stemmt sich gegen Lira-Fall. 2021-01-19. Die Presse. de.
  12. Web site: Karagül. Ibrahim. US is the enemy for Turkey. One day, thousands of people will siege İncirlik as well - İBRAHIM KARAGÜL. 2021-01-19. Yeni Şafak. tr-TR.
  13. Web site: Barsoumian. Nanore. 2020-10-08. Sharp Rise in Hate Speech Threatens Turkey's Armenians. 2021-01-19. The Armenian Weekly. en-US.
  14. Web site: Karagül. Ibrahim. 27 September 2020. Tweet of Ibrahim Kargül. Twitter.
  15. Web site: SCF. 2020-12-04. Turkey's Armenian community still fears for its safety despite ceasefire in Karabakh. 2021-01-19. Stockholm Center for Freedom. en-US.
  16. Web site: TM. Hawkish rhetoric against Armenia explodes in Turkey as Azerbaijan advances in contested enclave - Turkish Minute. 2021-01-19. en-US.
  17. Web site: 2020-12-28. İbrahim Karagül Yeni Şafak'ın başından ayrılıyor. 2021-01-19. www.gazeteduvar.com. Gazete Duvar. tr-TR.
  18. Web site: 2 August 2021. Criminal complaint against journalist who claimed opposition, PKK started forest fires together. 5 August 2021. Bianet.

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