Yiğit Bulut (born 1 January 1972,

Keşan Keşan is the name of a district of Edirne Province, Turkey, and also the name of the largest in the district town of Keşan ( bg, Кешан; gr, Κεσσάνη, Byzantine Greek: Ρουσιον, ''Rusion'') In 2010 Keşan had a permanent populat ...

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) is a Turkish journalist and (since July 2013) a senior advisor to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. He was editor-in-chief at news channels Habertürk TV (2009–2012) and Kanal 24 (2012–2013). He was also a contributor to the daily newspapers ''

Radikal ''Radikal'' () was a daily liberal Turkish language newspaper, published in Istanbul. From 1996 it was published by Aydın Doğan's Doğan Media Group. Although Radikal did not endorse a particular political alignment, it was generally considered ...

'' (2001–2007), ''

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'' and '' Referans'' (until 2009), ''

Habertürk ''Habertürk'' (literally: "News Turkish"), abbreviated as ''HT'', was a high-circulation Turkish newspaper. It was established on March 1, 2009 by Ciner Media Group, drawing on the brand of Ciner's Habertürk TV. It ceased publication on 5 July ...

'' (2009–2012) and '' Star'' (2012–2013). He was appointed a senior advisor to current President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan while he was serving as Prime Minister in July 2013. His appointment drew criticism for remarks he had made about the

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that had alleged various conspiracies aimed at toppling Erdoğan, including a claim that foreign forces were trying to murder Erdoğan using "telekinesis (remote influence) and other methods".''

'', 18 June 2013
"Amaç Erdoğan'ı devre dışı bırakmak"
/ref>''

'', 14 July 2013
Telekinezi dünyanın dilinde: Bu bir şaka değil!
/ref> odatv.com, 15 June 2013
Başbakan Erdoğan'ı telekinezi yöntemiyle öldürmeye çalışıyorlar
/ref>

Background and personal life

Bulut's father Mustafa Bulut was elected a deputy for the Justice Party in 1977. Bulut is a graduate of the

Galatasaray High School Galatasaray High School ( tr, Galatasaray Lisesi, french: Lycée de Galatasaray), established in what was then Constantinople and is now Istanbul, in 1481, is the oldest high school in Turkey. It is also the second-oldest Turkish educational in ...

and

Bilkent University Bilkent University ( tr, Bilkent Üniversitesi) is a private university located in Ankara, Turkey. It was founded by Prof. İhsan Doğramacı in 1984, with the aim of creating a center of excellence in higher education and research. It is constan ...

. Bulut was married to Şule Zeybek, a TV presenter on Doğan Media Group's

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; they divorced in 2010.sondakika.com
Yiğit Bulut Biyografisi
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Career

Bulut wrote columns for the Doğan Media Group's ''

'' daily from 2001 to 2007. Bulut also wrote for the group's ''

'' and '' Referans'' newspapers, and presented a show on the group's

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station. In June 2009 he left the group, after some of his articles criticising the Editor-in-Chief of ''

Hürriyet ''Hürriyet'' (, ''Liberty'') is one of the major Turkish newspapers, founded in 1948. , it had the highest circulation of any newspaper in Turkey at around 319,000. ''Hürriyet'' has a mainstream, liberal and conservative outlook. ''Hürriyet ...

'', another Doğan newspaper, were censored. He transferred to the Ciner Group's ''

'' newspaper and Habertürk TV television station, Today's Zaman, 25 June 2009
Journalist parts ways with DMG after being censored
/ref> becoming Habertürk TV's editor-in-chief until January 2012. In 2010, at a Prime Ministerial meeting with journalists, Bulut asked Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for a regulator for internet and print media, an equivalent to the

RTÜK Radio and Television Supreme Council ( tr, Radyo ve Televizyon Üst Kurulu), also known in short as RTÜK, is the Turkish state agency for monitoring, regulating, and sanctioning radio and television broadcasts. RTÜK was founded in 1994 and is ...

for radio and television, to allow more government control over print and internet media. The proposal was sharply criticised by many in the media. After leaving Habertürk in 2012 Bulut later became editor-in-chief of the Star Media Group's news channel Kanal 24, and a columnist for its '' Star'' newspaper

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, 10 July 2013
Can Erdogan's Enemies Kill Him With Their Minds?
/ref> before being appointed chief advisor to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in July 2013.Daniel Dombey,

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blog, 9 July 2013
Erdogan's right-hand conspiracy theorist: why his appointment matters
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Conspiracy Theories

He said about the

that had alleged various conspiracies aimed at toppling Erdoğan, including a claim that foreign forces were trying to murder Erdoğan using "

telekinesis Psychokinesis (from grc, ψυχή, , soul and grc, κίνησις, , movement, label=ㅤ), or telekinesis (from grc, τηλε, , far off and grc, κίνησις, , movement, label=ㅤ), is a hypothetical psychic ability allowing a person ...

and other methods". In 2016, at an interview he said that foreign

chefs A chef is a trained professional cook and tradesman who is proficient in all aspects of food preparation, often focusing on a particular cuisine. The word "chef" is derived from the term ''chef de cuisine'' (), the director or head of a kitche ...

on Turkish television shows are undercover spies and that Turkish people should be on alert.Foreign Chefs on Turkish TV are Spies: Erdogan Advisor
/ref>

References

External links

* * Bulut'
columns at ''Radikal'', 2001 - 2007
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bulut, Yigit 1972 births Living people Turkish journalists People from Keşan Galatasaray High School alumni Bilkent University alumni Radikal (newspaper) people Habertürk people