Mehmet Ocaktan

Mehmet Ocaktan (born 8 June 1955, Dursunbey, Balıkesir Province[1]) is a Turkish journalist, and a former deputy for the Justice and Development Party (2007 to 2011). Since June 2013 he is the editor-in-chief of Akşam. Previous journalistic roles include being the founding editor of Yeni Şafak and the managing editor of Star.[2]

Career

Ocaktan has worked for the newspapers Yeni Devir, Tercüman and Güneş and was the founding editor of Yeni Şafak in 1994. He was a deputy in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey representing Bursa for the Justice and Development Party from 2007 to 2011,[3] before returning to journalism at the Star newspaper.[1]

In 2013 he became the editor of Akşam after the newspaper was acquired by the government's TMSF.[4]

He has published three books of poetry.[5]

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gollark: And I don't think we need to explicitly set a height.
gollark: Stop `overflow:hidden`ing, do `flex-wrap: wrap` or something, ought to work.
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References
  1. haberler.com, Mehmet Ocaktan
  2. Today's Zaman, 24 June 2013, Star Managing Editor Mehmet Ocaktan appointed Akşam editor-in-chief
  3. Today's Zaman, 3 August 2007, 19 parliamentarians left without an office to work
  4. Hurriyet Daily News, 1 July 2013, Columnists fired as daily Akşam gets new chief
  5. uludagsozluk.com, Mehmet Ocaktan


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