ISTANBUL. – Columnist Oral Calislar of Radikal daily of Turkey is appointed chief editor of Turkey’s renowned Taraf daily.
Taraf’s owner Basar Arslan decided to designate Calislar in place of the daily’s former editor-in-chief Ahmet Altan, who had quit one month ago, Istanbul’s Agos Armenian bilingual weekly reports. Prior to this appointment, however, Taraf’s acting chief editor was Armenian journalist Markar Esayan, who is the coordinator of the daily.
Oral Calislar is among those few Turkish intellectuals that recognize the Armenian Genocide. On April 24, 2012, he took part in the Armenian Genocide commemoration event that was held at Istanbul’s Taksim Square.