Faik Bulut (born 1950, KaÃÂñzman, Kars) is a Kurdish journalist, historian, political commentator, and writer from Turkey.
Bulut was born in 1950 in KaÃÂñzma. He graduated from Gazi University in Ankara and started his career as a journalist in 1985. Following the coup d'etat of March 12, 1971, he left Turkey and lived in various countries in the Middle East for 8 years. Currently he is a public commentator for foreign TV channels and an investigative journalist for The Independent Turkish. He speaks Turkish, Kurdish, English, Arabic and French.
According to Faik Bulut, what Marco Polo wrote about Order of Assassins does not reflect the truth and what he told in his memoirs: 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.
Bulut has published articles, participated in interviews, and been invited to TV & radio shows, such as CNN, BBC, The Independent Turkish, DW, and Sputnik News Turkey, referenced by many authors and post graduation thesis in Turkey and globally.
Faik Bulut researches Alevism, the Kurds, Palestine and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), the Ottoman Empire, the Middle East and Islamic history, among other topics. Bulut has authored nearly 40 books; he has an h-index of 13 and an i10-index of 18. As of 2026, his writings has been cited by academic articles 642 times since 1994 according to Google Scholar.