Abdullah Bozkurt (born 1971) is a

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journalist. He was the bureau chief for the Gülen-aligned newspaper ''

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''.

Biography

Bozkurt started his work in journalism with the newspaper '' Zaman''. He worked as the New York Bureau Chief and

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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

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stating that journalists like

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were not being an investigative journalist conducting "independent research", but was hatching "a plot designed and put into action by the terrorist network itself". Bozkurt has lived outside Turkey since the

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. In Turkey, he has a warrant out for his arrest stemming from allegations of membership in the

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, which the Turkish government considers to be a

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. Terrorism charges are frequently used by the Turkish government against dissident journalists. In June 2020, a segment on the private television station

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called for Bozkurt to be "exterminated". In Sweden, Bozkurt created the

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(or Nordic Monitor), of which he is the director.

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1971 births Living people Turkish journalists Turkish exiles Turkish expatriates in Sweden {{Turkey-journalist-stub

Biography

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