Mustafa Balbay

Politician

1960 –

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Who is Mustafa Balbay?

Mustafa Balbay is a journalist, writer and Turkish MP. As the main political correspondent in Ankara for the left-wing Kemalist daily newspaper Cumhuriyet, he wrote a regular column called Gözlem which he took over from the prominent investigative journalist Ugur Mumcu, who was assassinated in 1993. Balbay was arrested on March 5, 2009 as an Ergenekon suspect in the Odatv case, and in August 2013 he was sentenced to 34 years and eight months.

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Born
Aug 8, 1960
Burdur
Also known as
  • Mustafa Ali Balbay
Nationality
  • Turkey
Profession
Education
  • Ege University

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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