Ceren İskit began her career in journalism in London ten years ago and gained valuable experience as a foreign correspondent. Her stories were produced for various newsrooms in Turkey and globally. As research coordinator for the Coalition For Women In Journalism (CFWIJ), she organised campaigns Read moreagainst threats to women journalists, maintained data on such violations around the world, and followed key legal harassment cases aimed at silencing women journalists in Turkey. She now continues her work as a freelancer with a strong interest in gender equality, civil liberties, diversity and the desire to protect democratic principles. She is based in Ankara, Turkey now.

Esra Öz is a journalist based in Ankara, Turkey.

I've been reporting science, health and technology for 13 years. I'm one of the first health bloggers in Turkey. I graduated from Eskişehir Osmangazi University Biology Department and Anadolu University Radio and TV Programming Department. I did Read moremy master's degree in Ankara University, Faculty of Communication, Department of Journalism.
I worked as editor and editor in different journals and websites. I advised in the establishment and management of social media accounts of the Ministry of Health. I worked as a senior communications coordinator in different EU projects and organized media workshops. I've been awarded 10 press times until now.
I have written three books: Kokuyla Keşfet, Sağlık Haberlerine Farklı Bakış ve Dedektif Duru Gerçeğin Peşinde (1)- Sağlıklı Beslenmenin Gizemli İpuçları. In addition, Sağlık Okuryazarlığı, Adli Koku ve Çocukları Sanal Dünyada(N) Koruma Kılavuzu books I have sections. I'm writing a column for CNNTÜRK.com, Digital Age and Medical News. I continue to conduct trainings and projects in the fields of health communication, health, science and media literacy, digital health and effective communication.

LALA GURBANOVA is a journalist based in Ankara, Turkey.

Currently based in Istanbul, I am an experienced writer, interviewer and video creator in French, Turkish and English on a wide range of subjects from international conflicts and domestic politics to economy, music and cultural policies. My stories stand out thanks to my extensive network of Read moreexperts, academics and private sector representatives.

I'm a foreign correspondent and photojournalist currently based in Ankara, Turkey. I've worked for many different newspapers, magazines, websites, and news agencies since 2010.  I'm also a journalism grad, worked as a trainee and freelancer during the uni starting from 2008. As a journalist, I've Read morecovered stories from Turkey, The UK, Pakistan, Somalia, Tunisia, Niger, Bosnia, and Azerbaijan. I've spent 2 years of my career at Pakistan as a Pakistan correspondent and been to Azerbaijan during the 2nd Karabagh conflict.

My experiences are in diplomacy, Middle East regional issues, Istanbul culture, travel, food, human stories and Minority rights and life in Turkey.

Murat Karabulut is a journalist based in Ankara, Turkey.

In the developing and growing world, the interaction between people will increase;  I believe that the internet and social media will be even more effective.  In this context, I think that the role of the technical team in the media sector Read morewill also increase.  now i am right where i am.

Mevlüt İşli is a journalist based in Ankara, Turkey. 


I received my bachelor's degree in journalism from Ankara University. I am a journalist who has the opportunity to apply the theoretical knowledge he gained from the communication faculty, who is open to improving his communication skills, Read moreand who understands the requirements of traditional and new media. I am knowledgeable not only in journalism, but also in other areas of communication such as corporate communication and social media management. Academically, I am also pursuing a master's degree in 'Middle East and Migration.'

I've been with Ihlas News Agency for two years as a diplomacy reporter. In this capacity, I interviewed a number of ambassadors and diplomatic missions. I also worked as an environment and working life reporter.

Busra Taskiran is a journalist.

Yıldız Yazıcıoğlu is a journalist based in Ankara, Turkey.
She was born in Germany in 1977. She studied Journalism at the Faculty of Communication of Ankara University between 1994-1998, and began working as journalist in 1997 in the Turkish daily Cumhuriyet in 1997 as intern. Yazıcıoğlu worked in Read morethe Turkish daily Milliyet between 2000 -  May 2009 in different areas from Urban Affairs Correspondent to Presidential and Parliament Correspondent. Regularly contributed to the art and culture magazine Milliyet Sanat. Between 2009 - 2011, she worked in Washington DC for different media companies like TurkishNY, T24, and A Haber TV as Correspondent and Commentator. She completed vocational training in Voice of America, where she also worked as a reporter. Meanwhile she has been the Turkish journalist observing the Guantanamo Military Base after being improved, and covered the issue with the focus why US won’t be able to shut it down during the Presidency of Barack Obama.
Following her return to Turkey in January 2012, Yazıcıoğlu began working in Habertürk TV as News Editor. Yet she resigned during the Gezi protests in 2013 owing to her professional principles. Since then she has been working in different media companies as Diplomacy and Parliament Correspondent. She worked at the news channel ArtıBir TV since December 2013 to its closed. She wrote at the weekly political magazine Nokta since May 2015 to she resigned by principles by November 2015.
Currently, she works as freelance as Turkey Correspondent for Voice of America (VOA), and regularly contributes to KRT TV channel as programmer as, sometimes contributes Halk TV, Tele1, TV5 channels (which are national tv channels).
From 2014, she also works part-time with the international news agency Reuters and the Swiss national TV channel SRF (Rundschau programme) as reporter, as well as with the Dubai centered TV channel Al Arabiya as news producer.
Her photographs are used in several topics in Wikipedia pages.

Ayla Nour is a journalist based in Ankara, Turkey. 

Education :

Graduated from  Mass communication (Radio & Television) - Cairo, Egypt. Graduated with (B+) with A (98 Percentile) on my graduation project about ancient Egyptians (2nd place) my education was in English.

I was also working Read moreduring my university education within the same major/field of my education, which means that I have 7 Years of Radio & Television Production Expertise. Afterwards, I moved to turkey in order to start working & getting more experince & there I got my experience