Mahir Zeynalov

Mahir Zeynalov
Born
Mahir Zeynalov

Baku, Azerbaijan
Occupation(s)Journalist, author
Notable credit(s)Today's Zaman newspaper, correspondent (2008–2016)
Los Angeles Times, (2005) Al Arabiya, Columnist (2013–)

Mahir Zeynalov (IPA: Turkish pronunciation: [maːhiɾ zeynalov]) is a Washington D.C.-based journalist, entrepreneur and a press freedom advocate.[1] Zeynalov is currently the CEO of Globe Post Media,[2] a columnist for Al Arabiya[3] and writing for Huffington Post .[4] He rose to international prominence for documenting the massive crackdown on journalists and he is best known for his works on authoritarian regimes. His work on Turkey is closely followed in the West.[5] He is also a serial entrepreneur, owns marketing agencies, a technology firm, a publication house and a creative design and branding agency.

  1. ^ Graham-Harrison, Emma (30 July 2016). "'Young, old, conservative, liberal': Turkey in shock over journalists' arrest". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference globepostmedia_team was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Mahir Zeynalov – Al Arabiya English". english.alarabiya.net. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Mahir Zeynalov | HuffPost". huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  5. ^ Reporter, Akbar Shahid Ahmed Foreign Affairs; Post, The Huffington (24 September 2016). "Erdogan Banned Turkish Reporter From Twitter Because He Doesn't Care What You Think". Huffington Post. Retrieved 6 November 2016.