Alen Markaryan, (born 30 June 1966) is a Turkish business entrepreneur, writer, sports columnist and activist. He is colloquially known of being a notable figure of Çarşı, supporters initiative of Beşiktaş J.K.

Life

Markaryan was born on 30 June 1966 in Istanbul. He is of

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descent. He can understand

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, however he cannot speak it. He runs a kebap restaurant named "Aleni Kebap" located in Pangaltı, Istanbul. Markaryan has regularly attended Beşiktaş games since he was 12 years old. He orchestrates pre-game choreographies of

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games. Markaryan worked at Turkish daily sports newspaper "Fotomaç" and

Akşam ''Akşam'' (''Evening'') is a Turkish newspaper founded in 1918, owned by Zeki Yeşildağ's Türk Medya Grup (T Medya Yatırım San. ve Tic. AŞ.) since 2013. In 2013 it had a circulation of around 100,000. History ''Akşams founders in 1918 inc ...

as sports columnist.

Books

References

External links

Group Çarşı Official website
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