Faik Bulut (born 1950, Kağızman, Kars) is a Kurdish journalist, historian, writer from Turkey. He speaks Turkish, Kurdish, English, Arabic and French.[1][2]

Biography

He graduated from Ankara Gazi University in 1980. He started journalism in 1985. He has authored near 40 books ever since. [2][3] Currently he is a public commentator for foreign TV channels and publishing columns in Independent Turkish. [4] His books have been cited 168 times since 2016 and 382 times since 1994 in peer-reviewed academic papers listed in Google Scholar. [5]

Views on Marco Polo

According to Faik Bulut, what the famous Marco Polo wrote about Order of Assassins does not reflect the truth and what he told in his memoirs:

Hasan Sabbah has turned a valley and has never been in it before. had turned it into a garden full of unseen fruits. The most elegant palaces and mansions imaginable were built in it. And there were gutters where wine, milk, honey and water flowed freely. There were many of the world's most beautiful female concubines who could play all kinds of musical instruments well and sing, dance to enchant the beholder, and they believed that the Muslims of these regions were Paradise.

According to Bulut all of the above claims are a 100% false and the opinions of other scientists also support him in this regard. According to Bulut, it has been 15 years since Alamut Castle was destroyed by Mongols at the time Marco Polo claimed to have gone there. German archaeologists, who are conducting archaeological excavations in the region, say that they cannot even find the traces of rivers over which honey, milk or wine flows, concubines and virgins roam, and the castle is not large enough to contain all these. So Bulut emphasizes that Polo's writings are only legends he heard from sailors while in prison in Italy.[6][7]

Journalism

As a journalist and political commentator, he has been publishing articles, participating interviews, attending TV & Radio shows, such as CNN, BBC, The Independent Turkish, DW, Sputnik News Turkey, referenced by many authors and post graduation thesis in Turkey and globally.[4][8][9][10][11][12]

Works

Faik Bulut researches on Alevism, Kurds, Palestine State and Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Ottoman Empire, Middle East and Islamic History, Islamic Organizations, Secularism, History, Politics, Culture etc. Bulut has authored nearly 40 books and as a scholar he has an h-index of 11, i10-index of 12 while his books has been cited by academic articles and theses 382 times since 1994 according to Google Scholar. [5][2][13]

Alevism history

Middle East

Kurds

Islamic and Islamic organizations

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Faik Bulut – Kor Kitap".
  2. 1 2 3 "Faik Bulut Eserleri | idefix".
  3. ↑ Palestine Dream, Faik Bulut
  4. 1 2 https://www.indyturk.com/article-author/faik-bulut (in Turkish)
  5. 1 2 "Faik Bulut".
  6. ↑ Bulut, Faik, Hasan Sabbah Truth, Berfin Publishing, 2014.
  7. ↑ Prof. Dr. Altan Çetin, Doç. Dr. Nihat Yazılıtaş, Faik Bulut (2014-02-06). Öteki Gündem - Haşhaşiler ve Sırları [Order of Assassins and Their Secrets] (in Turkish). CNN Turk.
  8. ↑ "Turkey's militant minority". 21 November 2003.
  9. ↑ "Avrupa | Suudi Kralı Türkiye'de" [Saudi King in Turkey] (in Turkish). BBC Turkish. 8 August 2006. Retrieved 2022-05-26.
  10. ↑ Rubin, Barry M. (2010). Guide to Islamist Movements. ISBN 9780765641380.
  11. ↑ "Transcripts: Interview with Abdullah Gul, Aired November 25, 2003". Edition.cnn.com. 2003-11-25. Retrieved 2022-05-26.
  12. ↑ ""Avrupa'daki terör tehdidi ciddi" | DW | 04.07.2007". Deutsche Welle.
  13. ↑ "Eşitlikçi Dervişan Cumhuriyetleri ve Hasan Sabbah Gerçeği - Faik Bulut". 10 May 2009.
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