Ali Naci Karacan (1896 – 7 July 1955) was a
Turkish
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journalist and publisher. He was involved in founding the Turkish daily
newspapers ''
AkÅŸam'' (1918) and ''
Milliyet
''Milliyet'' ( Turkish for "''nationality''") is a Turkish daily newspaper published in Istanbul, Turkey.
History and profile
''Milliyet'' came to publishing life at the Nuri Akça press in Babıali, Istanbul as a daily private newspaper on 3 ...
'' (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]
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/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
Gönyeli ( el, Κιόνελι, Kioneli; tr, Gönyeli) is a town in Cyprus, near the capital city Nicosia. It is '' de facto'' under the control of Northern Cyprus. Over the years the town has merged with North Nicosia, making it connurbated wi ...
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
* Tanju, Sadun. ''Doludizgin: Ali Naci Karacan, bir gazetecinin hayatı.'' Karacan, 1986.
References
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1896 births
1955 deaths
Businesspeople from Istanbul
Milliyet people
AkÅŸam people
Journalists from Istanbul
Fenerbahçe S.K. presidents
Place of birth missing
Date of birth missing
Turkish newspaper publishers (people)
Turkish newspaper chain founders
20th-century journalists