Abdullah Bozkurt Explained
Abdullah Bozkurt |
Birth Date: | 1971 |
Birth Place: | Balıkesir, Turkey |
Occupation: | Journalist |
Abdullah Bozkurt (born 1971) is a Turkish journalist. He was the bureau chief for the Gülen-aligned newspaper Today's Zaman.[1]
Biography
Bozkurt started his work in journalism with the newspaper Zaman. He worked as the New York Bureau Chief and Washington Representative of Zaman Newspaper. Afterwards, he continued the same work for the newspaper Today's Zaman.
In 2011, Bozkurt defended the imprisonment of journalists in the Ergenekon investigation stating that journalists like Ahmet Şık were not being an investigative journalist conducting "independent research", but was hatching "a plot designed and put into action by the terrorist network itself".[2]
Bozkurt has lived outside Turkey since the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt. In Turkey, he has a warrant out for his arrest stemming from allegations of membership in the Gülen movement,[3] [4] [5] which the Turkish government considers to be a terrorist group.[6] Terrorism charges are frequently used by the Turkish government against dissident journalists.[7] [8] [9] In June 2020, a segment on the private television station TGRT Haber called for Bozkurt to be "exterminated".[10] [11]
In Sweden, Bozkurt created the Nordic Research & Monitoring Network (or Nordic Monitor), of which he is the director.[12]
See also
Notes and References
- News: Lowen . Mark . Who are the Gulenists? . 26 March 2020 . BBC News . 29 July 2016.
- http://www.todayszaman.com/columnist-239479-ergenekon-gulen-and-media-freedom.html Article of 29 March 2011
- News: Erbay . Nur Özkan . How does FETÖ's mouthpiece in Sweden generate fake news? . 21 June 2020 . Daily Sabah . 6 January 2020 . Bozkurt has a warrant out for his arrest stemming from his FETÖ membership.
- News: Hatip . Yusuf . FETO fugitive complains of Turkish anti-Israel protests . 21 June 2020 . aa.com.tr . 10 December 2017.
- News: Suspected members of FETO terror group allowed to spread propaganda at UN . 21 June 2020 . TRT World . 6 March 2019 .
- News: Turkey officially designates Gulen religious group as terrorists . 26 March 2020 . Reuters . 31 May 2016 .
- Costa-Kostritsky. Valeria. 2016-07-01. We are journalists, not terrorists: How reporters around Europe are being silenced by accusations that their work threatens national security. Index on Censorship. en. 45. 2. 11–14. 10.1177/0306422016657010. 0306-4220. free.
- Web site: 2012-10-01. Turkey's Press Freedom Crisis. 2020-06-25. Committee to Protect Journalists. en-US.
- Web site: 2019. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Turkey. 2020-06-25. United States Department of State. en-US.
- Web site: Bekdil. Burak. 2020-07-30. Paradoxical Turkey. 2020-08-17. Middle East Forum. en.
- Web site: Antonopoulos. Paul. 2020-06-05. Turkish Television Program Calls For The Country's Intelligence Agency To Kill Journalists. 2020-08-17. Greek City Times. en-US.
- News: Benakis . Theodoros . Abdullah Bozkurt: Erdogan has built a new Berlin wall all around Turkey . 26 March 2020 . European Interest . 22 July 2018.