Abdülhamit Bilici Explained

Abdülhamit Bilici
Birth Date:1970
Birth Place:Erzurum, Turkey
Nationality:Turkish
Other Names:Twitter: @ahamitbilici
Alma Mater:Boğaziçi University
Occupation:Journalist, Writer

Abdülhamit Bilici (born 1970) is a Turkish journalist and media executive. Bilici was once one of the prominent and influential media figures in Turkey, as the last editor-in-chief of Zaman, the country's most widely circulated newspaper[1] and the CEO of the Feza Publications which ranked 244th[2] among top 500 companies according to Istanbul Chamber of Industry's ISO500.[3] Prior to that, he was the general director of Cihan News Agency, once the nation's second largest news agency and also columnist of both Zaman daily and its English-language version, Today's Zaman. Bilici's newspapers were taken over by Erdogan government with a brutal raid[4] [5] on March 5, 2016, and the Feza Media Group was shut down after July 15, failed coup attempt. In these circumstances, he was forced into exile under the threat of an arrest warrant.

Bilici is an expert on Turkish politics and continues his journalism career by writing freelance articles for various media outlets,[6] [7] [8] [9] [10] lectures at different universities and speaks at conferences related to press freedom and Turkey's domestic and foreign policy. Recently, He has spoken in conferences in more than 20 states in America and is a frequent commentator on television channels such as BBC, CBS, Al Jazeera, and Sky News, among others.[11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]

Life

Bilici attending primary school education in Istanbul and graduated from high school in Erzurum. He read for a BA in Political Sciences and International Relations Department at Bosporus University in 1993. He obtained a master's degree from Department of Economics at Istanbul University with a thesis titled “Energy Structure of Turkmenistan and Natural Gas”. He is currently a doctoral student at Department of International Relations at the same university. Bilici also has MBA degree from Faculty of Management at Fatih University.[17]

He speaks English. Bilici is married and has two children.[18]

Career

He started his career at Zaman as a correspondent, Bilici worked as an editor at Aksiyon in 1995–1997.[19] In 1998–2001, he was a foreign news editor at Zaman. In 2002–2008, he was the general editor at Zaman Daily and the general director of Cihan News Agency and the editor-in-chief of the newspaper Zaman Newspaper. He is a columnist for Zaman and Today's Zaman dailies.[20] [21] He writes mainly on Turkish foreign policy and world politics. He is a frequent speaker on local and international television programs.[22] [23] [24] [25] [26] Bilici is the editor of the book "Why Turkey?", which features different perspectives on Turkey-European Union relations.[11]

Bibliography

Bilici edited a book titled “Why Turkey?” which combines different perspectives on Turkey-EU relations from both sides.[27]

Bilici is a member of the Turkish Journalists Association (TGC), Journalists and Writers Foundation (GYV) and World Association of Newspapers (WAN).[28]

Some of his published articles

Some of his columns published at Zaman Daily

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: BPA AUDIT FIGURES REVEAL TURKISH NEWSPAPER AS HAVING ONE OF THE LARGEST SUBSCRIBER BASES IN EUROPE ClickPress. 2020-07-19.
  2. Web site: Marka Detay – İSO 500 Türkiye'nin 500 Büyük Sanayi Kuruluşu. 2020-07-19. iso500.org.tr. 2020-09-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20200912223230/http://www.iso500.org.tr/marka-detay/birinci500/2007/FEZA-GAZETECiLiK-As_244/1. dead.
  3. Web site: Home Page – İSO 500 Türkiye'nin 500 Büyük Sanayi Kuruluşu. 2020-07-19. iso500.org.tr. 2020-09-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20200912223237/http://www.iso500.org.tr/home-page. dead.
  4. Web site: Police raid offices of popular critical newspaper in Turkey after government seizure. Youtube. 5 March 2016 .
  5. Web site: The largest newspaper of Turkey, Zaman, brutally taken over by Erdogan government. Youtube. 19 April 2020 .
  6. News: 2016-03-18. En s'en prenant à mon journal 'Zaman', Erdogan plonge le pays dans la psychose. fr. Le Monde.fr. 2020-07-19.
  7. Web site: Bilici. Abdülhamit. 2020-03-14. How corruption destroys a democracy: The case of Turkey under Erdogan. 2020-07-19. The Investigative Journal.
  8. News: Bilici. Abdulhamit. July 25, 2017 . Turkey, a U.S. ally, muzzles the media. Miami Herald.
  9. Web site: Bilici. Abdülhamit. Bilici: Turkey's Erdogan shows why we must care about press freedom. 2020-07-19. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
  10. Web site: Freedom. European Centre for Press and Media. Abdulhamit Bilici: how Turkey lost its largest newspaper. 2020-07-19. European Centre for Press and Media Freedom. 2020-09-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20200913002814/https://www.ecpmf.eu/news/threats/abdulhamit-bilici-how-turkey-lost-its-largest-newspaper/. dead.
  11. Web site: Why Press Freedom Matters: Story of an Exiled Turkish Journalist. 2020-07-19. UCCS Events Calendar.
  12. Web site: 2017-07-21. A warning from and for a troubled land. 2020-07-19. The Denver Post.
  13. Web site: 2017-09-22. Turkish journalist visits Bowers, group discusses political corruption. 2020-07-19. The Etownian.
  14. Web site: Exiled Turkish journalist to speak Oct. 18 at WKU. 2020-07-19. Department of Music.
  15. Web site: Human Rights Violations in the Absence of Independent Media. 2020-07-19. wnypeace.org.
  16. Web site: Alian. V. P.. Turkey's Struggle for Democracy & Press Freedom – A View from the Inside. 2021-07-12. wachouston.org.
  17. Web site: Habertürk 13 Mart 2014 – Abdülhamit Bilici. 24 March 2014. youtube.com.
  18. Web site: Inside Story – Syria's civil war – al jazeera English – Abdülhamit Bilici. 15 July 2014. youtube.com.
  19. Web site: Aksiyon. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140717001419/http://www.aksiyon.com.tr/aksiyon/haber-3520-36-oglumu-onlara-teslim-ettim.html. 2014-07-17. aksiyon.com.tr.
  20. Web site: Abant Platformu 2. gününde AB sürecini konuştu: Darbe zihniyetinden kurtulmak için AB'yi istiyoruz . salihsarikaya.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140719145907/http://www.salihsarikaya.com/darbe-zihniyetinden-kurtulmak-icin-abyi-istiyoruz/ . 2014-07-19 .
  21. Web site: Cihan Haber Ajansı Künye . Cihan.com.tr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140704034423/http://www.cihan.com.tr/bottomMenu?linkid=identity . 2014-07-04 .
  22. Web site: 23 Aralık 2013 Sky News Sky News Abdülhamit Bilici . 15 March 2014 . youtube.com.
  23. Web site: Syria's civil war? – Abdülhamit Bilici . 19 November 2011 . youtube.com.
  24. Web site: 7 Mart 2014 CNN TURK – KARŞI GÜNDEM – Abdülhamit Bilici. 14 March 2014. youtube.com.
  25. Web site: 13 Mart Bugun TV Güne Bakiş Abdülhamit Bilici . 14 March 2014 . youtube.com.
  26. Web site: Dutch daily Volkskrant interview Bilici on tension in Turkish politics . youtube.com.
  27. Web site: Neden Türkiye – Why Turkey.
  28. Web site: GYV.com.tr . gyv.com.tr . 2014-07-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140717073812/http://www.gyv.org.tr/ . 2014-07-17 . dead .

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