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Paydesk has 119 journalists in Istanbul. Our journalists can do broadcast reports, as well as printed media and photography.

Our top journalists in Istanbul are Bradley Secker and Burak Utucu.

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Journalists in Istanbul

Bradley Secker Top Rated

İstanbul, Turkey
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Photojournalist, and occasional writer and videographer, focusing on the consequences of social, political and military actions worldwide, with a key focus on individual identity. 

Available for editorial and corporate assignments worldwide.

Based in Istanbul, Turkey but traveling often. ...
Languages
Arabic English German
Services
Video Package (Web / Broadcast) Interview (Video / Broadcast) Documentaries
+8
Topics
Politics Current Affairs Arts & Books
+8
Usually Responds Within a few days

Burak Utucu

İstanbul, Turkey
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Burak Utucu is a journalist based in İstanbul, Turkey.

He studied Radio & Television at İzmir University of Economics between 2013 - 2015. Then, he got Anadolu University Journalism department in 2015. He worked as a video editor intern at Hurriyet Newspaper during 2015 winter and summer. He ...
Languages
English
Services
Video Package (Web / Broadcast) Interview (Video / Broadcast) Documentaries
+8
Topics
Business Finance Politics
+4
Jobs Completed 39
Job Success Rate 97%
Usually Responds Within a few minutes

Buse Keskin

İstanbul, Turkey
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Buse Keskin is a Culture & Arts editor based in İstanbul, Türkiye.
Her unwavering passion for culture and arts actually contributes to her great enjoyment of her work. She holds a  Bachelor's degree in American Culture and Literature and a Master's degree in International Relations departments.
...
Languages
English Turkish
Services
Feature Stories Content Writing Interview (Print / Radio / Podcast)
+1
Topics
Arts & Books Film & Theatre Travel
Jobs Completed 38
Job Success Rate 100%

Dorian Jones

İstanbul, Turkey
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I have been reporting from Turkey for 25 years for TV, radio and print. I can compile radio and TV packages ready for broadcast. I am experienced at live reporting for radio and to camera. I work for a variety outlets including BBC Sky News, Deutsche Welle, CBC and VOA.
Languages
English
Services
Feature Stories Content Writing Corporate Content
+6
Topics
Fact Checking
Jobs Completed 36
Job Success Rate 97%
Usually Responds Within a few minutes

Mohammad Bashir Aldaher

İstanbul, Turkey
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I'm Mohammad, based in Turkey with extensive experience in media since 2012. Collaborated with humanitarian organizations, Arab and foreign media agencies in roles like DoP, Video Editor and Video Producer.
Languages
Arabic English Turkish
Services
Video Package (Web / Broadcast) Interview (Video / Broadcast) Documentaries
+7
Topics
Business Politics Natural Disasters
+6
Jobs Completed 8
Job Success Rate 88%
Usually Responds Within an hour

Burcu Başaran

İstanbul, Turkey
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Burcu Başaran is a journalist based in İstanbul, Türkiye. With nearly 5 years of experience in various fields of media sector, I currently continue my career as the editor of Daily Sabah Opinion. I am also a freelance and published author.
Languages
English Turkish
Services
News Gathering Feature Stories Content Writing
+5
Topics
Politics Current Affairs Arts & Books
+8
Jobs Completed 40
Job Success Rate 100%

Anıl Can Tuncer

İstanbul, Turkey
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Anıl Can Tuncer is a Turkish journalist who began his career at Sputnik Türkiye. He later joined one of Turkey's most successful independent news platforms, Diken, where he worked as an editor. Subsequently, he took on the role of agenda and politics editor at 10Haber, contributing to daily email ...
Languages
Turkish English
Services
Research
Topics
Politics
Jobs Completed 13
Job Success Rate 100%

Nimet Kıraç

İstanbul, Turkey
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Turkish journalist with bylines from Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Israel, Afghanistan, Ukraine, Russia, Poland, Greece as well as other countries, and from across Turkey. 

As well as reporting on the Turkey beat, I have been part of months-long investigations for the New York Times, and have ...
Languages
English French Turkish
Services
Video Package (Web / Broadcast) Interview (Video / Broadcast) Documentaries
+7
Topics
Politics Current Affairs Science & Environment
+7
Jobs Completed 4
Usually Responds Within a few hours

Çağla Üren Öncan

İstanbul, Turkey
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Çağla Üren Öncan is a journalist based in İstanbul, Turkey. Born in 1994 in Bakırköy. Graduated from Boğaziçi University in 2018. After writing for various culture and arts websites during her university years, she translated popular science books. After that, she entered the media sector and ...
Languages
Turkish
Services
Content Writing
Topics
Science & Environment
Jobs Completed 26
Job Success Rate 100%

Ramazan Dengiz

İstanbul, Turkey
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Hi, I am Ramazan Dengiz. I am a journalist living in Istanbul. I closely follow and report current events, political developments and international news. I enjoy reporting world news to Turkey and events in Turkey to the world.
Languages
English Turkish
Services
Interview (Video / Broadcast) Content Writing Investigative Journalism
+1
Topics
Politics Current Affairs Investigative Reporting
+3
Jobs Completed 35
Job Success Rate 100%

Huseyin Aldemir

Istanbul, Turkey
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Huseyin Aldemir is a photojournalist based in İstanbul, Turkey. 
Born in 1987 in İstanbul, Turkey. He received his BA degree from the Department of Journalism at İstanbul Bilgi University. Following that, he started to work as a reporter in Habervesaire and Bianet. He worked as a photographer at ...
Languages
English Turkish
Services
Photography Drone Footage
Topics
Finance Politics Current Affairs
+10
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Borzou Daragahi

İstanbul, Turkey
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Borzou Daragahi is a longtime foreign correspondent now working full-time for The Independent. He covers Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Egypt, Libya, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia and the Arabian Peninsula as well as the Balkans and global issues such as public health, international crime and security ...
Languages
English
Services
Audio package (Radio / Podcast) Interview (Video / Broadcast) Feature Stories
+8
Topics
War Reporter Fact Checking
Jobs Completed 11
Job Success Rate 92%
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Yasar Kavas

İstanbul, Turkey
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Yaşar Kavas is a journalist based in İstanbul, Turkey.
Languages
Turkish
Services
Video Package (Web / Broadcast) Audio package (Radio / Podcast) Interview (Video / Broadcast)
+8
Topics
Film & Theatre Cultural Breaking News
+1
Usually Responds Within an hour

Yusuf Selman Inanc

İstanbul, Turkey
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I am a freelance journalist, based in Turkey. I mainly cover Turkey's national news, the Syrian war-related issues, the refugee crisis, and Turkey's foreign policy towards Middle East, Africa and Central Asia. I've been contributing to international media outlets as a reporter. Besides, I've been ...
Languages
Arabic English French
Services
Interview (Video / Broadcast) News Gathering Feature Stories
+9
Topics
Politics War Reporter Investigative Reporting
+4
Usually Responds Within an hour

Begum Tunakan

İstanbul, Turkey
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An experienced journalist and editor working over 10 years with strong news judgement reporting on a full range of issues for an international audience.

I started my career in journalism as a foreign news reporter and later acquired editorial skills in book editing, copywriting and producing ...
Languages
English French
Services
Interview (Video / Broadcast) Documentaries News Gathering
+5
Topics
Politics Current Affairs Research
+3
Jobs Completed 40
Job Success Rate 100%

Emily Wither

İstanbul, Turkey
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Correspondent and video journalist based in Istanbul. I have been working as a writer and broadcast journalist for over 15 years with some of the world’s leading media organisations, delivering creative, high quality audio, video and digital storytelling to diverse audiences across the globe. 

A ...
Languages
English
Services
Video Package (Web / Broadcast) Audio package (Radio / Podcast) Interview (Video / Broadcast)
+16
Topics
Business Finance Politics
+18
Jobs Completed 2

Helene Franchineau

İstanbul, Turkey
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Helene Franchineau is a video journalist and filmmaker based in İstanbul, Turkey. 
She covers Turkey, the Middle East, Central Asia and Africa for media organisations, corportations and NGOs. 
Helene has years of experience as a shoot/edit camera person, covering breaking news, current affairs, ...
Languages
Arabic Chinese (Mandarin) English
+2
Services
Video Package (Web / Broadcast) Interview (Video / Broadcast) Vox Pop
+12
Topics
Politics Current Affairs Technology
+11
Jobs Completed 1
Usually Responds Within a day

Ahmed Deeb

İstanbul, Turkey
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Ahmed Deeb, is an award-winning filmmaker and photographer based in Istanbul. He has over a decade of experience in filming, directing, editing, and photography. He was the cinematographer on an Emmy award nominated film in 2016 and won the first prize in the UN Correspondents Association (UNCA) in ...
Languages
Arabic English
Services
Video Package (Web / Broadcast) Interview (Video / Broadcast) Vox Pop
+8
Topics
Business Natural Disasters Sports
+5
Jobs Completed 1
Usually Responds Within a few minutes

Arzu Efeoğlu

İstanbul, Turkey
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I am a freelance journalist and media fixer with over 13 years of experience in the news and production industries, specializing in field reporting, story coordination, and production support. I have worked with leading international outlets, including Japanese TV networks, providing high-level ...
Languages
Turkish English Persian (Farsi)
Services
Audio package (Radio / Podcast) Interview (Video / Broadcast) Vox Pop
+11
Topics
Business Finance Politics
+14
Jobs Completed 1
Usually Responds Within an hour

Alaattin Kilic

İstanbul, Turkey
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Experienced journalist based in Istanbul. 

WORK HISTORY
06/2015 - 01/2016
CLC MEDIA | Paris, France
Journalist

Arranged and conducted interviews. Edited footage to create videos for multiple multimedia
platforms. Operated cameras during shooting. Covered breaking news such as November ...
Languages
English French Spanish
+1
Services
Video Package (Web / Broadcast) Audio package (Radio / Podcast) Interview (Video / Broadcast)
+6
Topics
Business Politics Current Affairs
+3

Ruchi Kumar

İstanbul, Turkey
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Ruchi Kumar is an independent journalist based in İstanbul, Turkey reporting news and feature stories from South Asia, Middle East and Eastern Europe. She was previously based in Kabul, Afghanistan, for over six years, and specialises in covering conflict, politics and climate stories, as seen ...
Languages
English Hindi Persian (Farsi)
+2
Services
News Gathering Feature Stories Content Writing
+6
Topics
Politics Current Affairs Science & Environment
+10
Usually Responds Within an hour

Koray Palaz

İstanbul, Turkey
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Koray Palaz is a renowned football coach and pundit based in Istanbul, Turkey. With a deep passion for the sport and a wealth of knowledge, he has established himself as a prominent figure in the football community. I have contributed my expertise as a pundit for leading sports networks such as ...
Languages
English Turkish
Services
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
Topics
Sports
Jobs Completed 2

Yagiz Alp Tekin

İstanbul, Turkey
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I am an investigative journalist and documentary filmmaker based in Turkey and Netherlands. 

Graduated from King's College London with Philosophy BA, London School of Economics with MSc in Political Theory

● British Council Alumni of the Year Finalist Award for Media and Creativity
● Global ...
Languages
English Turkish
Services
Interview (Video / Broadcast) Documentaries Feature Stories
+7
Topics
Business Finance Politics
+8
Jobs Completed 1

Emre Basaran

İstanbul, Turkey
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I am a journalist based in Istanbul, Turkey. Special reports, fact-based analyses and interviews are my strong suits. I can deliver on time, and I’m an upapologetic perfectionist. Journalism is the job I love and live to do.
Languages
English
Services
Journalism
Jobs Completed 1

Ekin Calisir

İstanbul, Turkey
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Ekin Calisir is an independent journalist and filmmaker based in Izmir, Turkey. She Istanbul in Al Jazeera and NTV, made current affairs programmes and documentaries for media outlets such as The Guardian, TRT. Producer of award winning feature length documentary film Mr Gay Syria about Syrian LGBT ...
Languages
English French Spanish
+1
Services
Video Package (Web / Broadcast) Audio package (Radio / Podcast) Interview (Video / Broadcast)
+9
Topics
Politics Current Affairs Film & Theatre
+4
Jobs Completed 3
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