Ali Naci Karacan (1896 – 7 July 1955) was a Turkish

journalist A journalist is an individual that collects/gathers information in form of text, audio, or pictures, processes them into a news-worthy form, and disseminates it to the public. The act or process mainly done by the journalist is called journalis ...

and publisher. He was involved in founding the Turkish daily

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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 incl ...

'' (1918) and '' Milliyet'' (1955), and his family, including grandson Ali Naci Karacan, built up a publishing group around ''Milliyet''.Elizabeth Thompson, answers.com
Gale Encyclopedia of the Mideast & N. Africa: Ali Naci Karacan
/ref> He was the President of Fenerbahçe S.K. (1926–1927),Fenerbahçe Cumhuriyeti
FENERBAHÇE BAŞKANLARI
/ref> and the editor of the newly founded ''Tan'' from 1935. Born ''Ali Naci'', he later took the additional surname ''Karacan''. The ''Ali Naci Karacan Stadı'' in Gönyeli is named for him.

Books

* Naci Karacan, Ali. ''Ya Hürriyet Ya Ölüm'' (1934) * Naci Karacan, Ali. ''Lozan Konferansı ve İsmet pașa'' (1943) – on the Conference of Lausanne and

İsmet İnönü Mustafa İsmet İnönü (; 24 September 1884 – 25 December 1973) was a Turkish army officer and statesman of Kurdish descent, who served as the second President of Turkey from 11 November 1938 to 22 May 1950, and its Prime Minister three tim ...

* Tanju, Sadun. ''Doludizgin: Ali Naci Karacan, bir gazetecinin hayatı.'' Karacan, 1986.

References

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