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When the name of Turki Al-Sudairi passes by in passing, conversations, stories and scenes must awaken from within the corridors of Her Majesty. It is enough to say Turki Al-Sudairi, and the name of a giant journalistic fortress such as Al-Riyadh newspaper and Al-Yamamah magazine passes before you.
Yesterday he passed away, bidding farewell to our world full of changes and events. Al-Sudairy passed away surrounded by a long and eventful journalistic experience.
The young boy from the village of "Al-Ghat", who was surrounded by the details of simplicity and misery amid the features of the villages' fatigue and the concerns of the simple at the time, did not know that he would be a great media pyramid and obtain the title of King of the Press, that title that was given to him by the late King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz.
Turki Al-Sudairy was born in the year 1363 AH. He received his education in Riyadh and started working as an editor. Then he was seconded from his job at the Ministry of Interior to devote himself to journalistic work, where he began his journey of writing and journalism.
He supervised a number of editorial departments in Al-Riyadh newspaper before assuming its editor-in-chief in 1394 AH, and he continued to build the glory of the press castle to continue leading it for 41 years. He practiced his enlightening role and his sincere patriotic message, and confronted opponents of enlightenment and modernity. During which he wrote a number of important and influential names. He faced many challenges, which he overcame with the vision of the leader and the good relationship with the decision-maker.
His corner "Liqa'" became famous, and it is his daily article in which he deals with the political scene at one time and the social scene at another. It is the corner that was described as the longest-lived in the history of the Saudi press, as it exceeded 40 years, and it is present, shaking hands with its readers with its original pen and automatic language. Turki Al-Sudairy attends as a writer, editor-in-chief, and intellectual, and his career is full of influential press interviews, in which he met with prominent political and diplomatic figures.
He has his internal and external posts and many press memberships.
He was elected president of the founding committee of the Saudi Journalists Association in 2004. He was elected president of the Saudi Journalists Association, then elected president of the Gulf Press Association in 2005, then elected president of the Saudi Journalists Association again in 2008. After that, he was elected president of the Gulf Press Union in 2009.
(Abu Abdullah) bravely admits that he did not present everything he has in the Journalists' Association due to his preoccupation, and proposes that a full-time person who is not preoccupied with a media outlet assume the presidency of the committee.
Abdul Rahman Al-Akimi (Tabuk)