Albert Karasu Explained

Albert Karasu or Carasso (1885–1982) was a Jewish-Turkish journalist born in Ottoman Salonica.

Biography

He studied political science at the Paris Institute of Political Studies and went on to found the French-language Istanbul newspaper Le Journal d'Orient in 1918.^[1] In 1922–23 he covered the Lausanne Treaty negotiations in Lausanne, Switzerland.

The newspaper was closed down in 1971.

References

• Jewish Virtual Library, s.v. Karasu, Albert full text

Notes and References

1. Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World, s.v. Carasso (Karasu), Albert. https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopedia-of-jews-in-the-islamic-world/carasso-karasu-albert-SIM_0004970