Nihal Bengisu Karaca

Nihal Bengisu Karaca (born 1972) is a Turkish journalist and author.

Nihal Bengisu Karaca
Born1972 (age 4849)
Ankara, Turkey
EducationMarmara University
OccupationJournalist, author, columnist

She was born in Ankara in 1972. Her father was a surgeon originating from the Turkish minority of Komotini, Greece.[1] She finished her studies at Kayseri İmam Hatip High School and later graduated from Marmara University, School of Law. In 1994, she started her career by working for Aksiyon magazine. Between 1995 and 1996, she worked for Kanal 7 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.[2]

In 2007, she came to media spotlight with her article for Radikal, titled "A journalist's holiday diary",[3] after which she was interviewed by Hürriyet writer Ayşe Arman.[1] After Ayşe Arman sent her a message of condolences on the her father's death in 2009, the two had a two-part interview as "representatives of two different neighborhoods".[4][5] In February 2009, she penned her final article for Zaman,[6] after which she started working for Habertürk.[7][8]

After moving to Habertürk, the author was often compared to Ahmet Hakan,[9][10] and after her article "Portrait of the victim as a femme fatale" in her first months of working for Habertürk[11] 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."[9][10] and later wrote a new article titled "Portrait of the victim as a femme fatale 2!".[12]

References

  1. "Ben size göğüs çatalınız yeteri kadar açık değil diyor muyum?". Hürriyet Daily News. Retrieved 6 July 2009.
  2. "Dindar kesim artık yeni yılı kutluyor". haber7. Retrieved 6 July 2009.
  3. "Bir mütesettirin tatil güncesi". Radikal. Retrieved 6 July 2009.
  4. "Sizinki bastırılmış cinsellik Sizinki de bastırılmış dinsellik azizim!!!". Hürriyet Daily News. Retrieved 6 July 2009.
  5. "Bizi kandırıyorsan ahirette tüm memleketin eli yakanda olacak bilesin". Hürriyet Daily News. Retrieved 6 July 2009.
  6. "Bana ayrılan zaman". Zaman. Archived from the original on 24 February 2009. Retrieved 6 July 2009.
  7. "Habertürk'ten bomba transfer..." medyahayat.com. Retrieved 6 July 2009.
  8. "Habertürk'e İlginç Transfer". aktifhaber.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2009.
  9. "Nihal Bengisu Karaca: İki mahalleden de değilim". Habertürk. Retrieved 6 July 2009.
  10. "Nihal Bengisu Karaca Gazete Habertürk'e konuştu". Habertürk. Retrieved 6 July 2009.
  11. "Maktulün bir femme fatale olarak portresi". Habertürk. Retrieved 6 July 2009.
  12. "Maktulün bir femme fatale olarak portresi 2!". Habertürk. Retrieved 6 July 2009.
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