Nuh Köklü

Nuh Köklü (* 1968 in Ankara ; † February 17, 2015 in Kadıköy , Istanbul ) was a Turkish journalist , writer and television employee .

Life

Köklü started journalistic work in the independent magazine Express in 1994. Then he worked for Istanbul Life and Tempo magazines. He also worked as an editor for Açık Radyo, an independent radio station in Istanbul. He later started working as a journalist for the Hürriyet and Radikal newspapers , as well as the Sabah newspaper . He then worked as a program editor at NTV until he was fired in May 2014. He was also a shop steward for the Turkish journalists' union and after the Gezi protests he became a member of a district committee.

death

Köklü was killed by a shopkeeper while holding a snowball fight with friends in Yeldeğirmeni in Istanbul's Kadıköy district after a demonstration. A snowball pounded against the window of the shop, whereupon the shopkeeper, Köklü, stabbed the group with a bread knife when attacking the group. After his death, a memorial was erected in honor of the crime scene. Köklü's last words were "I hope this is just a dream".

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Posta: Gazeteci Nuh Köklü TGCde anıldı. Retrieved July 10, 2020 (Turkish). 
2. ↑ Ahmet Şık: Nuh Köklü'yü yazdı. Retrieved July 10, 2020 (Turkish). 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Hakki Özdal: Bu bir nefret cinayetidir: Gazeteci Nuh Köklü, 'kartopu oynarken' öldürüldü. In: Radical. Retrieved July 10, 2020 (Turkish). 
4. ↑ ^{a b} Ece Temelkuran: Euphoria and melancholy: Turkey in search of itself . Ed .: Hoffman and Campe.
5. ↑ DHA: Gazeteci Nuh Köklü öldürüldü. Retrieved July 10, 2020 (Turkish). 
6. ↑ Gazeteci Nuh Köklü kar topu oynarken öldürüldü. Retrieved July 10, 2020 (Turkish). 
7. ↑ Kadıköy'de Nuh Köklü anısına heykel dikildi. Retrieved July 10, 2020 (Turkish).