Albert Karasu or Carasso (1885–1982) was a Jewish-Turkish journalist born in Ottoman Salonica.

Biography edit

He studied political science at the Paris Institute of Political Studies and went on to found the French-language Istanbul newspaper Le Journal d'Orient in 1918.[1] In 1922–23 he covered the Lausanne Treaty negotiations in Lausanne, Switzerland.

The newspaper was closed down in 1971.

Notes edit

  1. ^ Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World, s.v. Carasso (Karasu), Albert. [1]

References edit

  • Jewish Virtual Library, s.v. Karasu, Albert full text