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Faik Bulut (born 1950, Kağızman, Kars) is a Kurdish journalist, historian, writer from Turkey. He speaks Turkish, Kurdish, English, Arabic and French.[1][2]
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]
According to Faik Bulut, what 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 false, and the opinions of other scientists also support him in this regard. According to Bulut, it had been 15 years since Alamut Castle was destroyed by Mongols at the time Marco Polo claimed to have gone there. Bulut emphasizes that Polo's writings are only legends he heard from sailors while in prison in Italy.[6][7]
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]
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]