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I am a producer & fixer based in Istanbul, Turkey with over 20 years experience in making TV programs, documentaries, branded content and promo videos. I started my career at CNN Turk which is the Turkish spoken branch of international TV network CNN. From economy to culture and art programs, from documentaries to live broadcasts, I gained experience in producing many different genres of television programs at CNN Turk. Later, I worked for other Turkish news channels like Haberturk and TV 360. Here, I also got the chance to be in front of the camera as a correspondent and host at some programs which I enjoyed a lot. At some point of my career, I decided to quit full time jobs at TV channels and started working freelance for production companies. I worked with famous Turkish director Tolga Örnek and I prepared behind the scene documentaries and promo videos of some of his docu-dramas and feature films. Then over the years, I worked for many other production companies where I produced documentaries some of which were shot abroad. My first job as a fixer dates back to 2014 when National Geographic photographer Raul Touzon contacted me to arrange his photography workshop in Istanbul. This job made me realize how much I enjoy working with people from various countries. So since then I mostly prefer working as a producer / fixer for international crews. I’ve worked with many different crews such as journalists, documentary producers and photographers and looking forward to working with more. If you are planning to shoot in Turkey, be it a documentary, a travel show, commercial, TV or a newspaper report or photography, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with me. I will be delighted to assist with all your filming needs from pre-production (initial research/ recce / equipment rental/ filming permits) to shooting. I can recommend locations and storylines, with excellent network of contacts, I can find the contributors and experts you need, provide professional interpretation, and of course coordinate all the usual transport and accommodation logistics. Due to Covid-19, if you don’t prefer to come to Turkey, I can follow your brief, hire the necessary crew and equipment and get the shoot done for you with the hightest production standards. Looking forward to working with you soon.

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I worked as a TV correspondent for many years, for the Turkish spoken TV channels, for Turkish spoken branches of international TV stations like CNN Turk and Aljazeera Turk. I worked internationally for the Turkish Public TV TRT, as Jerusalem correspondent. I worked in Middle East, South Asia, Caucasus and Balkans. I made TV stories about conflicts in these regions such as American invasion in Iraq in 2003, Israeli- Lebanese war in 2006, Kurdish issue in Turkey, Israel - Palestine conflict, Pakistan Army's Swat Valley operations. I also made a mid-length (47 min.) documentary, named "Resister", about Tobacco Workers in Turkey's capital Ankara which lasted 78 days. This film deemed worthy of being "Best documentary" in 2010 by the Turkish Film Critics Association (SIYAD). Murat UTKU was born in 1972. Studied in Naval High School and Naval Academy. He left Naval Academy and graduated from İstanbul University, Faculty of Political Sciences/Economy and politics. Worked as a TV Journalist, at national and international TV Stations such as CNN Turk, Haberturk, TRT Turk. He worked for TRT Turk as the representative to Jerusalem for a short term. Travelled to the south east of Turkey very often to work on Kurdish issue. Has been been to Middle East so many times times, had an exprience on “crisis” and “conflict resolution”. Heʼs been to crisis areas like, Iraq (during the American invasion), Kosovo, Azerbaijan, Pakistan, Palestine as TV correspondent, and Armenia many times to report about the conflict between two countries Turkey and Armenia. He reported Russia – Georgia war in 2008, which he followed and reported the war in South Osetia, Tbilisi and invaded Georgian city, Gori as a TV correspondent. He worked as TRT Türkʼs representative to Jerusalem in 2009. He produced and directed TV program called ʻHey Taksiʼ for TRT Türk. In 2010, he received Progressive Journalists Associationʼs Mahmut Tali Öngören TV Award with a TV story screened at CNN Türk, called ʻTwo Languages in a Suitcaseʼ. ‘Resister’, the documentary he made, deemed worthy of the ‘Best documentary’ of the year. He worked as Senior Correspondent for Aljazeera Turk, left his position in 2015. He has been working as a field producer for Aljazeera English since then. He spent more than two years in the South East of Turkey on the border with Syria, watched closely what’s been happening about the war within Syria, made news pieces on refugee issues either in te refugee camps administrated by Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Agency AFAD or worked on stories about the refugees who have currently been living in the cities like Gaziantep, Sanliurfa, Kilis as well as Istanbul. As a jurnalist and as a film maker he also worked with several NGOs including Turkish, Syrian and international aid groups and agencies, made TV and written stories about refugee children’s education as well. Murat Utku also worked as one of the field producers in Turkey for the documentary called Human Flow, filmed by Chinese artist and film director Ai Weiwei, about Syrian refugees screened at Berlin International Film Festival Berlinale on 2017.

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• On-Air Reporter / Host
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• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Production Company
• Field Producer
• TV News Producer

Experienced polyglot journalist with a track record of success leading large teams to achieve exceptional results. I am a multilingual Turkish war journalist and with 13 years of experience working for major international news networks, including Al Jazeera English, Vice News, TRT World and TRT Arabi. My experience covering the Middle East has given me a clear and deep understanding of current affairs and I have reported and produced from across the Middle East, Turkey, Europe and Asia. I have covered numerous conflicts and human stories for TV and digital in 15+ countries. I know how to engage a digital audience, and having worked for media platforms from different backgrounds, I know how to adapt my content and management style for national or international organisations. I am passionate about the Middle East. That’s why I am a fluent speaker of Turkish, Arabic and Farsi. (Other languages I speak are English, Spanish, Azerbaijani and German.) I re-launched the digital department at TRT Arabi where we were able to get the top spot among the Arab media. During my management, TRT Arabi’s social media accounts witnessed 1000% increase in number of interactions and followers in a very short period of time. I often adapt my war zone and digital skills to create fast and informative content in an ever-changing digital arena. I have established and managed digital platforms in four different languages. (English, Arabic, Farsi, Turkish) Strengths: *Content production *Broadcasting *Warzone reporting *Field production *International current affairs, particularly with a Middle Eastern focus Language skills: English/Turkish/Arabic/Farsi/Spanish/German/Azerbaijani

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• Copy Editor
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• Executive Producer
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• Digital Content Creator
• Drone Operator
• Production Company
• Production Coordinator / Crewing
• Social Media Producer

With over a decade of experience as an audio producer, I have an extensive portfolio that includes the production of more than 1500 Turkish audiobooks, numerous Kurdish and English audiobooks, and hundreds of voiceover projects in over 50 languages. My tenure at the helm of the Turkish audiobook startup Haaki, which I led for 15 months, showcases my leadership and innovative spirit. I am adept at creating compelling podcasts in multiple languages and have a robust background in documentary production and photography. My work as a fixer, translator, transcriber, copywriter, and copy editor for foreign journalists, documentary projects, and TV channels further attests to my versatility and expertise. Operating from my state-of-the-art professional audio recording studio, equipped with top-tier audio and video recording gear, I deliver high-quality productions tailored to various needs. I am fluent in English, Turkish, and Kurdish, with a working understanding of Spanish and German. Beyond my audio production capabilities, I am a seasoned Kurdish language teacher, translator, transcriber, and interpreter. I am also an avid traveler, skilled driver of cars and motorcycles, and organizer of unique motorcycle and photography tours in the vibrant city of Istanbul. Whether for audio production, language services, or immersive cultural tours, I bring a wealth of knowledge, creativity, and professionalism to every project.

• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Translator
• Executive Producer
• Sound Designer
• Portrait Photographer
• Event Photographer
• Fixer
• Podcast Producer
• Audio Storyteller
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• Transcriber
• Copy Editor
• Copywriter
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Art Director
• On-Air Reporter / Host

Merve Sena Kılıç was born in Istanbul. She studied business administration at Boston University. She completed her second bachelor's degree in Sociology at Anadolu University. After graduating, she took journalism and communication courses at Galatasaray University for a year. Between 2009-2013, she worked as a journalist and television reporter for various national and international media organisations. Merve Sena, who received HEFAT "Harsh environmental conditions and emergency first aid training", worked as a field and documentary producer in war zones. Between 2019-2023, she worked as a chief producer in the news documentary department of TRT World channel. Merve Sena, who took part in the advisory boards and jury of national festivals and had the opportunity to work with international producers and directors in many film production markets such as Cannes, Berlin, IDFA. Merve Sena speaks English fluently and she is a member of the DAE.

• Creative Director
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• Line Producer / On-Location
• Executive Producer
• Production Company
• Copywriter
• Copy Editor
• Translator

I have worked as an international journalist, covered diplomacy and international news for various national and international media outlets both in Turkey and abroad including Associated Press, BBC, Mc Clatchy News, Daily Hurriyet, Hurriyet Daily News, Daily Milliyet, TRT Turk, and Daily Cumhuriyet for 23 years. I have been working as a freelance journalist (producer, commentator and reporter) since November 2019 for various media outlets such as Al Jazeera, CNN International, TV2 Denmark, Associated Press, etc. I studied BA in Radio-Television and Cinema at the Faculty of Communication at Marmara University in Istanbul. I started journalism as a reporter at Turkish Daily Cumhuriyet which is regarded as the “school of journalism” in Turkey. Because of my work in journalism, I won the coveted “UN Dag Hammarskjöld Scholarship” which was given by the UN Correspondents Association to only 3 journalists around the world in order to cover UN General Assembly for 4 months in New York in 2002. In 2004, I won a Chevening Scholarship from the British Council and went to UK to study my Masters. I studied my MA degree in “International Journalism” at the City University of London between 2004 and 2006. I worked for Associated Press Television News and BBC as a producer while I was in London. After coming back to Turkey in 2006, I started working for Turkish Daily “Milliyet” as a foreign news editor and diplomatic correspondent. While I was working at Milliyet, due to my work in journalism, I again won a coveted fellowship program for professional journalists called “Knight Wallace Fellowship” at the University of Michigan in US. I joined seminars on different fields of journalism and took classes on Middle East history and world politics at the University of Michigan for five months in 2008. I worked for TRT (Turkish Radio Television Channel) Turk as the Middle East editor for one year between 2010 and 2011. I worked as an editor and senior diplomatic correspondent for the most major newspaper in Turkey, Daily Hürriyet and its English language newspaper - Hürriyet Daily News for 9 years between 2011 and November 2019. Due to my work in the field; I have traveled many countries both in Europe and in the Middle east region including Germany, France, UK, Belgium, Italy, Greece, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, Afghanistan, Jordan, Egypt, Tunisia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia and many other countries for covering various foreign policy issues ranging from EU issues to civil war in Syria. I have been to conflict zone such as northern Syria during the war and northern Iraq after the so-called Islamic State’s (IS) occupation of Mosul and surrounding villages. During my profession, I also made interviews with many foreign leaders and diplomats including former Israeli President Shimon Peres, former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, former Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, former US Secretary of State Madeline Albright, former US Secretary of State Henry Kissenger, Iranian Vice President Masoumeh Ebtekar, etc… In March 2016, I won the “Journalism Success Award” from the most major and influential journalism association in Turkey, Turkish Journalists Association (TGC) with my published interviews with the Yazidi women who were enslaved by ISIS in 2015.

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• TV News Producer
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• Social Media Producer
• Content Strategist
• Senior Editor
• Executive Producer
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He was born in Kars, Turkey in 1983. He wrote his thesis about the cinema of Tarkovsky. Mintaş’s short Snow, completed in 2010, received the Golden Orange for best film in Antalya Film Festival that is one of the most prestigious awards in Turkey. Snow has competed in various film festivals in the country and around the world won eight different awards. His debut feature Song of My Mother was selected for co-production markets and work-in-progress sections in Meetings on the Bridge at Istanbul IFF, Agora at Thessaloniki IFF, Sundance Script Lab at !f Istanbul. It received the post-production and distribution award at Meetings on the Bridge. The film was supported by Turkish Ministry of Culture and CNC Cinema du Monde. Song of My Mother, won Heart of Sarajevo Award for Best Film and Best Actor Award in 2014, in the country and around the world film won fourteen different awards.

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• Video Editor - News
• Sound Mixer
• Fixer
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Translator
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Production Company
• Commercial DP
• Creative Director
• News Shooter / Video Journalist

15 years of international experience in offline and online content production. Special focus on video storytelling, branded video content and live broadcast. Managed countless projects from concept phase to final delivery, ensuring the final products are published with the best new media strategies. I enjoy working for international productions as a freelance local producer. I am proud to have worked on the Istanbul episode of Anthony Bourdain’s Parts Unknown, which aired on CNN International in November 2016. It was a great honor which came after also producing Mr. Bourdain’s previous format, No Reservations in 2009. I also had the opportunity to appear in front of camera to eat, drink and chat with Mr. Bourdain in both shows.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Commercial DP
• Fixer
• Production Company
• Drone Operator
• Reporter / Journalist
• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
• Creative Director
• Video Editor - News
• Field Producer
• TV News Producer
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• On-Air Reporter / Host
• Translator
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• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Production Assistant
• Full-Service Live Production
• Immersive/Spatial Video Capture

Murat is an Istanbul-based journalist and filmmaker. He has a BA from Yale University and an MS from Columbia Journalism School. As a CNN Turk reporter/producer, he made documentaries on the children of Southeastern Turkey, the Maidan uprising in Ukraine and the Turkish defense industry. Murat's first independent documentary was a 30-minute short called "The Waiting." The film is about the effects of incarceration on families left behind. After working at Rain Media for Frontline and Fareed Zakaria GPS at CNN’s New York bureau, he won a grant from Davis Projects for Peace to make a documentary in Southeastern Turkey. "A Report Card for Democracy" tells the story of a family destroyed by political polarization.

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• Video Editor - Documentary
• Reporter / Journalist
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• Production Company
• Field Producer
• TV News Producer
• Translator
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Commercial
• On-Air Reporter / Host
• Fixer
• Production Assistant
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist

Freelance multimedia journalist, filmmaker and designer with over 5 years of experience in various fields, and fluency in English, Russian and Turkish. Born and raised in Almaty, Kazakhstan, I moved to Istanbul, Turkey, in 2018 to pursue 3 Communications degrees: Communication Design, Journalism and Film & TV. From 2019 until now, I created various multimedia designs as a freelancer, and got nominated at GMK Design Awards; Reported news features from Turkey, Kazakhstan and Georgia; while also working as a photojournalist for these stories; Got published in: The Guardian, New Arab, TV Rain, Meduza and Fayn Studio; Was interviewed live as an expert journalist at TV Rain, commenting on Turkey's context on femicide rates and the femicide of Russian anti-war activist in Erzurum.

• TV News Producer
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• Storyboard Artist
• Motion Graphics Designer
• Graphic Designer
• Illustrator
• Creative Director
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - News
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Event Photographer
• Executive Producer
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• Fixer
• Production Assistant
• Digital Content Creator
• Social Media Producer
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• On-Camera Talent
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• Corporate Videographer
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• Copywriter
• Animator / Visual Effects Artist
• Product Photographer

I completed my BA in METU Industrial Design and MS in METU Media and Cultural Studies and started PhD in Bilkent Graphic Design. During my MA, I started to engage with video and documentaries. I went to Canada with a grant by Sauvé Foundation and worked as a research assistant at University McGill in 2004-2005. I worked as a montage director in İz TV (the first documentary channel in Turkey) and as the Middle East correspondent of American Independent Radio FSRN. I co-founded the first video-activist collective of Turkey -karahaber- with a couple of friends during my BA studies. I continue making videos and documentaries independently. I am a professional editor and DOP.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
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• Video Editor - News
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• Translator
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• Video Editor - Commercial

Throughout my career, I have taken on various editorial roles, developing both management and editorial skills. I have applied these skills to enhance company engagement and production, deepening my passion for production work. In my role as a fixer, I manag pre-production processes and address the local requirements and demands of Productions at hand. It includes obtaining permits, scouting locations, handling communications effectively, and most importantly, overseeing smooth on-site production flow. I aim to provide my fellow production crew members with the same fulfilling experience I have gained from each project I have been in.

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• Production Company

When we say we’re an ad agency, that means exactly what you think it means… We’re a real, full-fledged, full-service agency that uses every channel and every technology available to make your brand more effective, memorable and competitive. No cut corners, no compromises. We’re not a “this agency” or a “that agency”, not selling the latest fad or trapped in a narrow niche that only does part of what your brand part needs. We’re the real thing, and that’s what we give your brand. In more countries and more languages than you imagined…

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• Video Editor - News
• Sound Mixer
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• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial

Graduated from Saint Joseph French Lycée and Istanbul University Italian Language and Literature Department. She worked at several film festivals in Turkey including Istanbul Film Festival-Meetings on the Bridge at IKSV (Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts). She worked in the production team of several short films and documentaries. She was the production coordinator in Turkey for the documentary "Playing Men" by Matjaž Ivanišin. Recently she has produced a feature length documentary “Amina” by Kıvılcım Akay and a fiction short “The Tail” by Yiğit Hepsev.

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I'm Atahan Danacı, during my education, improved myself in research, self-motivation, entrepreneurship and acquiring different skills.I would like to state that I'm extremely devoted, caring and enthusiastic about being effective and fast in business life, and that I want to take the responsibility required by the position with curiosity and enthusiasm.I'm aware that willing, diligent and careful work will definitely result in succes. For this reason, I have no doubt that I can contribute to you with my talents and work discipline.

• Video Editor - Commercial
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• Video Editor - News
• Graphic Designer
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• Animator / Visual Effects Artist
• Senior Editor
• Production Assistant
• Field Producer
• Full-Service Live Production
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• Sound Designer
• Digital Content Creator

My name is Akif and I am a freelance filmmaker/producer based in Istanbul,Turkey. I have completed my bachelor’s degree in filmmaking at Akdeniz University. I have been working for various departments of the industry such as sound, production, art and directing to enhance my understanding of the filmmaking process since 2016. Currently working for local and international projects as well as my own projects. Team player, skilled at pre-visualization and working with variety of clients to help their projects all around Turkey. Work with commercials, movies, documentaries and tv-shows.

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• Fixer
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
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• Field Producer
• Production Assistant
• Production Coordinator / Crewing
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• Copy Editor
• Translator

Freelance translator & fixer, based in İstanbul, Turkey with 3 years of experience in journalism. Graduated from Boğaziçi University History Department. Enrolled in a master's program in Modern Turkish History (anthropology/political ecology). Native Turkish and proficient in English. Worked as a journalist for 3 years and now working as a bilingual translator/interpreter all around Turkey. Recently worked with foreign crews such as NPR and Le Figaro in southeastern Turkey and İstanbul. Excellent communication skills and good at establishing local networks.

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• Field Producer
• Transcriber
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• Executive Producer

Founder and Filmmaker at placeless films, a production company that produces visual content with social and human relevance. Ex- Al Jazeera Programs Producer (2005 - 2010). I am currently an Acquisitions Manager for documentaries at TRT World, an English Language Channel that broadcasts from Istanbul, Washington DC & London. I have access to a wide range of film & TV professionals and will always ensure you're one degree of separation away!

• Documentary DP
• Translator
• Video Editor - Documentary
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Field Producer
• Senior Editor
• Creative Director

I have been working as a freelance journalist, fixer, researcher in Istanbul and in many other cities in Turkey, Syria and Iraq since 1999. I have been working for news and documentaries for almost all of major TV channels and many production companies from USA, Canada, western Europe, Asia and Australia. I have done research about different subjects in Turkey and in neighboring countries. I speak Kurdish, Turkish, English, German and Persian fluently and I speak basic Arabic.

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• TV News Producer

My name is Paul Benjamin Osterlund. I am 36 years old and I live in Istanbul, where I have been based in 13 years. I have worked as a freelance reporter for 10 years. My work has been published by The Atlantic, The Guardian, Foreign Policy, Al Jazeera English, Reuters, BBC Travel and numerous other publications. I write about politics, urban issues, culture and cuisine. I speak fluent Turkish and hold an MA in Turkish Studies from Istanbul's Sabancı University.

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