Mehmet Ocaktan (born 8 June 1955, Dursunbey, Balıkesir Province) 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.
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, before returning to journalism at the Star newspaper.
In 2013 he became the editor of Akşam after the newspaper was acquired by the government's TMSF.
He has published three books of poetry.
References
- ^ haberler.com, Mehmet Ocaktan
- Today's Zaman, 24 June 2013, Star Managing Editor Mehmet Ocaktan appointed Akşam editor-in-chief
- Today's Zaman, 3 August 2007, 19 parliamentarians left without an office to work
- Hurriyet Daily News, 1 July 2013, Columnists fired as daily Akşam gets new chief
- uludagsozluk.com, Mehmet Ocaktan
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