After obtaining a second master's degree from City University of London Department of Media Communications, he became a journalist at the conservative newspaper Yeni Şafak.

Mob threw stones at the beginning of the building's windows, and the former President of Turkey, AKP leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan condemned the news about the Freedom of expression had Boynukalın.

[14] After 16 Turkish soldiers were killed by Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants in Dağlıca, Erdoğan was heavily criticized, claiming that the attack would never have happened if the AKP had won 400 seats in the June 2015 general elections.

[16] [17] In the news written in that period, It also emerged that he was a critic of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and had previously authored tweets in support for Abdullah Öcalan, the imprisoned leader of the PKK, on his Twitter account.

[18][19] After the attack, Hürriyet took Boynukalın to court for vandalism, threatening individuals in order to create panic and fear, breaking and entering, inciting others to commit a crime and attempting to limit freedoms.

Praising the head of another group listed as a terrorist organization by both Turkey and the United Kingdom, Boynukalın had also posted positive tweets about Abdullah Ocalan, the PKK's jailed leader.