Yiğit Bulut (born 1 January 1972, in

Keşan Keşan (; ; ; Byzantine Greek: Ρούσιον, ''Rusion'') is a town in Edirne Province, Turkey. It is the seat of Keşan District.Edirne Edirne (; ), historically known as Orestias, Adrianople, is a city in Turkey, in the northwestern part of the Edirne Province, province of Edirne in Eastern Thrace. Situated from the Greek and from the Bulgarian borders, Edirne was the second c ...

) is a Turkish

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, and since July 2013, a senior

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Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (born 26 February 1954) is a Turkish politician who is the 12th and current president of Turkey since 2014. He previously served as the 25th prime minister of Turkey, prime minister from 2003 to 2014 as part of the Jus ...

. He was editor-in-chief at news channels

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(2009–2012) and Kanal 24 (2012–2013). He was also a contributor to the daily newspapers ''

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 consider ...

'' (2001–2007), '' Vatan'' and ''

Referans ''Referans'' was a daily Turkish language business-and-economics newspaper, published in Istanbul. It was taken over in 2004 by Aydın Doğan's Doğan Media Group, and in 2010 merged with the group's paper ''Radikal ''Radikal'' () was a daily ...

'' (until 2009), ''

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'' (2009–2012) and ''

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'' (2012–2013). He was appointed a senior advisor to current president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan while he was serving as

prime minister A prime minister or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. A prime minister is not the head of state, but r ...

in July 2013. His appointment drew criticism for remarks he had made about the

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that had alleged various conspiracies aimed at toppling Erdoğan, including a claim that foreign forces were trying to murder Erdoğan using "

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and other methods".''

'', 18 June 2013
"Amaç Erdoğan'ı devre dışı bırakmak"
/ref>''

'', 14 July 2013
Telekinezi dünyanın dilinde: Bu bir şaka değil!
/ref> odatv.com, 15 June 2013
Başbakan Erdoğan'ı telekinezi yöntemiyle öldürmeye çalışıyorlar
/ref>

Background and personal life

Bulut's father Mustafa Bulut was elected a deputy for the Justice Party in 1977. Bulut is a graduate of the

Galatasaray High School Galatasaray High School (, ), established in Istanbul in 1481, is the oldest and Selective school, highly selective high school in Turkey. It is also the second-oldest Turkish educational institution after Istanbul University, which was establi ...

and

Bilkent University Bilkent University () is a private non-profit research university located in Ankara, Turkey. It was founded by İhsan Doğramacı, the first president of the Council of Higher Education and the head of the prominent Doğramacı family, with th ...

. Bulut was married to Şule Zeybek, a TV presenter on

Doğan Media Group Doğan is both a masculine Turkish given name and a Turkish surname meaning ''Falcon''. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Doğan Abukay, Turkish experimental physicist and academic * Doğan Akhanlı (1957–2021) Turkish-German w ...

Kanal D Kanal D (English: Channel D) is a nationwide television channel in Turkey that is part of Demirören Group. It was founded by Ayhan Şahenk and Aydın Doğan in 1993. The network has also run an international channel, Euro D, since 1996, whic ...

; they divorced in 2010.sondakika.com
Yiğit Bulut Biyografisi
/ref>

Career

Bulut wrote columns for the

's ''

'' daily from 2001 to 2007. Bulut also wrote for the group's '' Vatan'' and ''

'' newspapers, and presented a show on the group's

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station. In June 2009 he left the group, after some of his articles criticising the Editor-in-Chief of ''

Hürriyet ''Hürriyet'' (, ''Liberty'') is a major List of newspapers in Turkey, Turkish newspaper, founded in 1948. it had the highest circulation of any newspaper in Turkey at around 319,000. ''Hürriyet'' combines entertainment with news coverage and ...

'', another Doğan newspaper, were censored. He transferred to the

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's ''

'' newspaper and

television station,

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, 25 June 2009
Journalist parts ways with DMG after being censored
/ref> becoming Habertürk TV's editor-in-chief until January 2012. In 2010, at a prime ministerial meeting with journalists, Bulut asked

for a regulator for internet and print media, an equivalent to the

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for radio and television, to allow more government control over print and internet media. The proposal was sharply criticised by many in the media. After leaving Habertürk in 2012 Bulut later became editor-in-chief of the

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's news channel Kanal 24, and a columnist for its ''

'' newspaper

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, 10 July 2013
Can Erdogan's Enemies Kill Him With Their Minds?
/ref> before being appointed chief advisor to

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in July 2013.Daniel Dombey,

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blog, 9 July 2013
Erdogan's right-hand conspiracy theorist: why his appointment matters
/ref>

Conspiracy theories

He said about the

that had alleged various conspiracies aimed at toppling Erdoğan, including a claim that foreign forces were trying to murder Erdoğan using "

and other methods". In 2016, at an interview he said that foreign

chefs A chef is a professional cook and tradesperson who is proficient in all aspects of food preparation, often focusing on a particular cuisine. The word "chef" is derived from the term (), the director or head of a kitchen. Chefs can receive f ...

on Turkish television shows are undercover spies and that Turkish people should be on alert.Foreign Chefs on Turkish TV are Spies: Erdogan Advisor
/ref>

References

External links

* * Bulut'
columns at ''Radikal'', 2001 - 2007
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bulut, Yigit 1972 births Living people Turkish journalists People from Keşan Galatasaray High School alumni Bilkent University alumni Radikal (newspaper) people Habertürk people