İbrahim Karagül (born 1969 in Sinlice,

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) is a Turkish journalist and a former editor in chief of the newspaper ''

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''.

Education and early life

He attended primary school in Sinlice, secondary education he received in

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and

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. He graduated from the Imam Hatip school in Trabzon. He studied law at the

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in Izmir. Since his student years, he worked in various media and worked as foreign news editor. He also stayed in

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for a while, and translated a novel of the Malaysian author Shahnon Ahmad into Turkish.

Professional career

Karagül started working in ''Yeni Şafak'' in 1995, and is known for his articles and columns focusing on foreign politics. He was appointed as the general editor of television in 2011. Then in July 2012, Karagül was appointed the

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of ''Yeni Şafak'' of the Albayrak holding. During his tenure the newspaper turned into an outlet which staunchly supported the

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around

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. His articles are often cited in the international press as he claims that the U.S. attempted to kill the Turkish president Erdoğan supported the Turkish offensive in North-East Syria or accused foreign

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s of leading an attack against Turkey by the means of financial terrorism. He also assumed that Turkey is under attack by the U.S. who allegedly unleashed the

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(PKK) and the

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(ISIL) on Turkey. During the Nagorno Karabakh conflict between

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and

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, he insinuated that missiles should hit the city center of

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"accidentally". Karagül resigned from ''Yeni Şafak'' in December 2020.

Wildfires controversy

As in August 2021 he claimed that the Republican Peoples' Party (CHP) and the PKK were behind the raging wild fires, the CHP filed a criminal complaint against him.

Personal life

Karagül is married and has two children.

References

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