Emir Ekşioğlu

Emir Eksioglu (born in Istanbul but originally from Rize) is a Turkish journalist, Ambassador of Horasis and former a Huffington Post author.[1] He has been featured in the Times of Israel as "One of the Middle East's most successful journalists." [2]

Emir Ekşioğlu
Born
Istanbul, Turkey
NationalityTurkish
OccupationJournalist, Radio Presenter, Entrepreneur
Years active2013–

Biography

Emir Ekşioğlu was born in Istanbul whose family is from Rize. He published articles in important institutions such as HuffPost, Independent, Times of India, Economic Times, Times of Israel, Jerusalem Post, U.S. News, Foreign Policy, Fortune, Tehran Times and was introduced as the youngest media boss thanks to some of his investments in Turkey. In 2016, he bought the Boxer Magazine, where he previously used to work, from Nikkei.[3] He has done interviews with a lot of important people on an international level.

Eksioglu, also who is active in the field of international relations, works as an Ambassador for Switzerland-based Horasis, which is one of the most reputable think-tanks.[4]

He hosted an award-winning radio show on TRT.[5]

Huffington Post

In 2016, he became author of the Huffington Post, referral by HuffPost founder Arianna Huffington. Although he was the youngest author on HuffPost, he was dismissed after a while.[6]

2018 Turkish general election

In the 2018 general elections, the Justice and Development Party applied for a candidacy for Hakkari MP. This nomination was welcomed in many newspapers in Iran,[7] Pakistan[8] and Israel, but it was not nominated by the party. In an interview with the The Jerusalem Post,[9] he stated that his candidacy was a give social message for the region and that he was not a member of any party.

References
  1. HuffPost
  2. One of the Middle East's most successful journalists Times of Israel
  3. Türkiye’nin en çok satan dergilerinden olan Boxer Dergisi’nin yeni sahibi Emir Ekşioğlu oldu January 8, 2016) Fortune
  4. Horasis, the international think-tank I’ve been working for around a year, held the Horasis Extraordinary Meeting at the beginning of the month, which was the world’s biggest online global meeting (October 27, 2020) Times of Israel
  5. 15 Temmuz'da Cumhurbaşkanımızın metanetini unutmuyorum (January 13, 2017) Star
  6. Huffington Post, gazeteci Emir Ekşioğlu'nun Can Dündar hakkında yazdığı cesur yazıya sansür uygulayarak basın özgürlüğü konusunda iki yüzlü tavrını gösterdi (November 26, 2016) Sabah
  7. Young journalist is a parliamentary candidate from terror zone (May 5, 2018) Tehran Times
  8. Ekşioğlu’s election would bring many initiatives in the field of technology and media (May 5, 2018) Daily Times
  9. Interview with AK Party’s 23-year-old parliamentary candidate from Hakkari Province (May 16, 2018) Jerusalem Post
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