Nihal Bengisu Karaca (born 1972) is a

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journalist and author. She was born in

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in 1972. Her father was a surgeon originating from the Turkish minority of

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. She finished her studies at Kayseri İmam Hatip High School and later graduated from

Marmara University Marmara University ( Turkish: ''Marmara Üniversitesi'') is a public university in Istanbul, Turkey. The university is named after the Sea of Marmara and was founded as a university in 1982. However, it was created in 1883 under the name of ''H ...

, School of Law. In 1994, she started her career by working for ''

Aksiyon ''Aksiyon'' ( en, Action, italic=yes) was a Turkish news magazine. The magazine was close to the Gülen movement. It was established by Feza Publications in 1994. In 2008 it was described by its ''Today's Zaman'' sister newspaper as "the most wi ...

'' magazine. Between 1995 and 1996, she worked for

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as a text author and programmer. At the end of 1996, she worked as a culture and art editor at ''Aksiyon'', where she released film criticism and wrote files and interviews about culture, literature and society. In 2002, she started working for '' Zaman'' newspaper and continued her movie reviews, published articles on culture, and contributed to the newspaper's art section. From 2005, she started writing for weekly news magazine ''

Yeni Aktüel ''Yeni Aktüel'' ("New News" in Turkish; increasingly downplays the "Yeni" and may be referred to simply as ''Aktüel'') is a Turkish weekly news magazine. History and profile The magazine was established in 1991 by Ercan Arıklı. The first is ...

''. In 2007, she came to media spotlight with her article for ''

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 ...

'', titled "A journalist's holiday diary", after which she was interviewed by ''

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 ...

'' writer

Ayşe Arman Ayşe Arman (born 9 December 1969) is a Turkish journalist and columnist of German descent. She is best known for her interviews. Arman is the author of two books, one of which is a compilation of best moments of her interviews made over the past ...

. After Ayşe Arman sent her a message of condolences on her father's death in 2009, the two had a two-part interview as "representatives of two different neighborhoods". In February 2009, she penned her final article for ''Zaman'', after which she started working for ''

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 Jul ...

''. After moving to ''Habertürk'', the author was often compared to

Ahmet Hakan Hakan Coşkun (born 11 August 1967) is a Turkish journalist and columnist, currently working at ''Hürriyet'', CNN Türk and Kanal D. He studied at Bursa Religious High School (Imam Hatip Lisesi) and then Bursa Divinity Faculty (Bursa Ilahiyat Fa ...

, and after her article "Portrait of the victim as a femme fatale" in her first months of working for ''Habertürk'' she received harsh criticism and had to argue with some writers in the same newspaper. She responded to the criticism by saying, "... I don't think I deserve these. I'm upset and angry." and later wrote a new article titled "Portrait of the victim as a femme fatale 2!".

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