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• Corporate Videographer
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Video Editor - News
• Animator / Visual Effects Artist
• Motion Graphics Designer
• Graphic Designer
• Illustrator

I am a Journalist for 12 years. I have worked as a freelance journalist with New TR news agency in Turkey for a year (TV field producer) and freelance editor with Anadolu news agency. Before that I have been a TV reporter for Al-Quds TV for 9 years in Palestine. work's requirements included preparing and conducting field reports, producing and directing documentaries and going on live coverage. I also worked as a Radio presenter for one year in Palestine. I am doing my Ph.D. at the university of Sakarya (Middle Eastern studies with focus on media and digital diplomacy). I have a Master degree from Birzeit university (International studies) and a BA in Radio and TV broadcasting. For Press courses and other qualifications: 1- I have won the “Bronze Award” for one of my reports, at the Jordan Media Festival, 2016. 2- I have a certificate on comprehensive journalism - Reuters - London / 2014. 3- I have a certificate on reporting from BBC English- Amman- 2012. 4- I have participated in Al Jazeera International Film Festival for my film "fall of al- moqataa" (2013).

• Documentary DP
• On-Air Reporter / Host
• Field Producer
• Reporter / Journalist
• Production Company

Sound Designer / Music composer Vocie over. Radio, TV, Music & Sync Sound with a cumulative work experience of more than 14 years in Radio, TV, and cinema. Services : -Music Composer - Sound Design - Audio Editing - Music Mixing & Mastering - Audio Restoration such as noise, clicks, pops, hum, buzz, distortion, echo reduction - Film, TV, Video, Games sound mixing - mastering - Radio advertising and jingles - Sound Effects for 2d, 3d Animation cartoons - Dialogue, Voice over, ADR editing - Podcasts, Interviews, lectures, Audiobooks with ACX requirements etc. - Music and SFX for Explainer videos and Motion graphics I have my own studio with the highest quality equipment and latest plugins and libraries all purchased legally. NO Cracked or Warez Software. My DAW is Avid Protools 12 HD and cubase 9.5 pro I can easily adjust my working time and schedule to your time zone. I can take and successfully complete urgent projects and still maintaining high quality. I am working until you are completely satisfied with the results. Thanks for reading :-)

• Audio Storyteller
• Documentary DP
• Commercial DP
• Music Composer
• Sound Designer
• Fixer
• Production Assistant
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Sound Mixer

Ensar Tekin, born in 1980, Turkey, studied journalism, before turning to a profession in journalism. From 2001-2003 he worked as a Reporter and cameraman assistant in AP (Associated Press) and TRT İstanbul. From 2005 to 2007 he worked as a correspondent and occasionally as a photographer in Bursa,he focused solely on photography and articles, working on Police and courthouse cases. From 2007 to 2009 he worked in IHA Operation News Desk, He traveled to many countries of the world to provide live broadcast&SNG services to different clients (İnternational media and Organizations). November 2008 he was assigned as a correspondent in Israel. Ensar Tekin,then spent couple of months in Palestine territories with the struggling to analyse as a backdrop the situation of that lawless nation and bring together all of his experiences during his numerous trips there. From 2009 to 2012 Ensar Tekin was based in East Africa and produced various photo and video essays including one exploring culture in Ethiopia and another which examined extremist poverty in the country. He then moved to Somalia where he spent time photographing indigenous communities and small groups in the african region, combining photo assignments and video for different clients (Media and International Organizations). Currently he is based in İstanbul, Turkey, combining photo assignments and video for different clients (Media and International Organizations).

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Documentary DP
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Reporter / Journalist
• Fixer
• Field Producer
• TV News Producer
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Event Photographer
• Landscape Photographer
• Portrait Photographer
• Audio Storyteller
• Commercial DP
• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
• Production Assistant
• Corporate Videographer
• Series Producer / Show Runner
• Senior Editor

التــــحـــصيـــل الـعـلمـــــي • دكتـــــــــــــــــــــوراه في الإعــــــــــــــــــلام/ العلاقــــــــات العــــــــــــامة والإعـــــلان/ التسويـــــــق السياســــــــــــــي والــــــــــرأي العـــــــــــــام/ جامعة أمدرمان الأهلــــــية في السودان بعنـــــــــــــــوان: الخطـــــــــــــــــــاب الاتصــــــــــــــــــالي لقــــــــــــــادة الــــــــــــــــــرأي العــــــــــــــــــــــــــام وأثــــــــــــــــــــــره في الحــــــــــــــــــــراك الشـــــــــــــــــــعــــــــــــبي (دراســـــــــــــــة تطبيقية على الحـــــــــــــــراك الســــــــــــــــــــــــــــوري) عام 2016. • مــــــــاجســـــــــــــــتــــيــر فـــــي الإعــــــــــلام/ العلاقـــــــــــــات العــــــــامة والإعـــــــــــــــلان/ التسويـــــــــــق السياســـــــــــــــي والرأي العام/ جامعة أمدرمان الأهلية في الســـــــــــودان بعنوان: الاتصـــــــــال التنظيــــــــــمي في المنظمــــــــــــــــــات الدوليـــــــة ودوره في تسويـــــــــــق المعـــــــــــــــــاهدات السيــــــــــاسية (دراســــــــــــة تحليلية علـــــى اتفـــــــــــــــــاقية سيــــــــداو وبكيـــــــن) عام 2010م. • دبـــــــلــــــوم في الإعـــــــــــلام/ العلاقات العامة والإعلان/ التسويق السياسي والرأي العام/ جامعة أمدرمـــــان الأهليــــة عـــــــــــــــــــام 2009م. • إجــــــــازة جامعيـــــة في الصحافة والإعلام/ جامعــــــــــــة دمشــــــــــــق/ عـــــــــــــام 2008. التاريــــــــــــــخ الوظيفـــــــــــــــــي: • أُستـــــــــــاذ محـــــــــــاضر في كليــــــــــــــــــة الإعـــــــــــــــــلام بجــــــــــــامعة الشـــــــــــــــــام في/ســـــــــــــــــــوريا/ لمـــــــــــــــــواد التحــــــــــريــــــــــــر الصــــــحفــــــــــي والـــــــــــــــــرأي العــــــــــــــــــام والعــــــــــــلاقـــــــــــــــــــــات العــــــــــــــــــامـــــــــــة والتسويـــــــــــــــــــق السياســـــــــــــــــــي فـــــــــــي 2010/2012. • مقـــــــــــــدّم ومعــــــــــــــد بــــــــــــــرامــــــــــــج في التلفزيـــــــــــــــــون العـــــــــــــــــــــــربي الســــــــــــــــــوري/2011م. • رئيـــــــــس القســـــــــــــــم السياســـــــــــــــي فــــي مركــــــــــــــــز وعي للدراســـــــــــــــات السياسيـــــــــــة والاستراتيجية المسؤولة عن تقديــــر المواقف السياسيــــــــة ذات الصلــــة بالمــــــــــلــــف الســـوري، لتقديمهـــــا لأصحاب وصنّاع القرار السياســــــــي /اسطنيول/2017م. • مراســــــــــل وكـــــــاتب تقاريـــــــــر إخباريــــــــــــة وتحليليـــــــــــــة ومقـــــــــــــــالات رأي سياســــــــية في مؤسسة الخليــــــــــــــج أون لاين/اسطنبول/ عام 2015/2017م. • كاتب مختص بالشأن السياسي والاجتماعي. • مدرّب إعلامي لمواد التحرير الصحفي وصناعـــــة الـــــرأي العـــــــــــام وإدارة الأزمــــــــــــــــات في مراكـــــــــز تدريب تابعــــــــــــــة لدول الخليج العربي /2014/2015م • مستشـــــــار إعلامي وسياسي للعديد من الكيانات السياســــية الناتجة عن الحراك الشعبي السوري. • مؤســــــــــــــس ومـــــديــــــــــر المكتب الإعلامي للمجلــــــــــــــس الســــــــــــــــوري للســـــــــــلم الأهــــــــــلي والمشرف العــــام على إعداد مفــــرادته وخطـتــــــة التســــــويقيـــة داخل المجتمـــــــــــع الســــــــــوري /اسطنبول، سوريا/2014م. • رئيـــــــــــــــــــــــــــس تحـــــــــــــــــــــــــــرير راديــــــــــــــــــــــو (الكل) وأحــــــــــــــد مؤسسيــــــــــــــه والمشــــــــــــــــــــرف العــــــــــــــــــام على سيـــــــــــــــــاســــــــــــــــــــتــــه التحريــــــــــــريـــــة ودورتــــــــــــــــه البـــــــــــــرامجيـــــــــة الأولــــــــــــــــــــى. /اسطنبول/2013م. • مـــراقـــب أفــــــــلام سينمـــــائيــــــــة فـــــي المؤسســـــــــــة العـــــــــــــــامة للسينــــــــــــــما الســـوريــــة عــــــــــــــــــــــام 2005/2006/2007. • مـــــراســــــــــــــــــل ومحرر صحــــــــفــــي فــــــي مجـــــــــــــلة ســـــــــــــــــوق الإنتـــــــــــــــاج /دمشــــــــــــــــق/ 2005 -2008م. • إعــــــداد خطط إعلانيـــــــــــــة في مجلـــــــــــــــة مـــــــــــــرآة الفـــــــــــــكر والثقافـــــــــــــــة /دمشـــــــق/ عام 2004 م. • باحث في مـــــــــــؤسسة العــــطـــــــــاء للبحوث والدراســـــــــــات المتخصصة في قضايا المــــــــــــرأة والطفــــــــــل. /دمشق/ عــــــــــــــــام2006م. أدوات التواصل • الإيميـــــــــــــــــــل: x • الهاتف والواتس: /00905050167516/ • مكان الاقامة: اسطنبول/ باريس.

• Reporter / Journalist

Yunus Emre Hamis, who was born on March 3, 1991 in Balıkesir/Gönen/Turkiye, started to work on photography and graphic design, which is his family profession, from an early age. As of 2017, he continued his photography and video production business professionally in Kiralık Kameracım Company, which he was performing it as a hobby during his university years. In February 2018, he worked as the 2nd team cinematographer for the 'Anadolu Çiftliği Documentary' project, which Kiralık Kameracım was the producer, for two years. Yunus Emre Hamis works in advertising, documentary and digital media projects, as a Cinematographer. He also directed the documentary Nature in My Heart, shot in Africa. He has filming experiences in 81 cities of Turkey and 10 countries around the world for many national channels and digital platforms such as TRT 2, TRT Belgesel, Aljazeera, Amazon Prime, Bein Connect. By the help of the field experience, he gained during this period, he produced content for many globa

• Documentary DP
• Drone Operator
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Corporate Videographer

Dr Başak Ozan Özparlak is an assistant professor and researcher of IT Law at Özyeğin University Faculty of Law. She completed her Bachelor's degree in Law from Marmara University, her Master's degree in EU Law from Marmara University's European Union Institute, and her Ph.D. from Marmara University's Faculty of Law. Since 2016, she has been providing national and international level training, consultancy, and research on various legal implications such as smart and autonomous systems, AI, next-generation wireless technologies (5G/6G), data protection, and cyber security law, at the intersection of industry and academia. She is also a member of the National AI Strategy Data Governance Working Group, led by the Digital Transformation Office. Between 2020 and 2023, she gave part-time lectures at Özyeğin University. Until 2023, she practiced law as an attorney simultaneously with her academic pursuits. Since April 2023, she has been an assistant professor at Ozyegin University.

• Digital Content Creator
• Reporter / Journalist

A journalist focused on exclusive interviews and documentaries. Esra Öztürk is a seasoned journalist renowned for her expertise in international relations and current affairs, with a particular emphasis on the Turkish foreign policy from regional affairs to defense industry. She holds a degree in English Language and Humanities and has honed her broadcast journalism skills at the New York Film Academy. Öztürk has furthered her academic pursuits as a Ph.D. in Journalism at the University of Istanbul. Her work is distinguished by exclusive interviews and in-depth reporting, which she has produced for both local and international media outlets. With a robust network of Turkish and international officials, Öztürk has become a in-request figure in journalism, known for her non-biased and objective reporting. She has made appearances on various international channels, including Al Jazeera Arabic, Serbian State TV SRT, Iran International TV, Afghanistan International TV, Press TV, and RT (formerly Russia Today), several TV channels in Azerbaijan serving as a presenter, reporter, and commentator. Her versatility in the field is evident through her contributions to breaking news coverage and her role in taking a considerable part in establishing the YouTube channel for Haberler.com, one of Türkiye's leading digital news platforms. Öztürk's journalism is characterized by a nuanced understanding of the geopolitical landscape, particularly the challenges and aspirations of MENA. She has also explored the legal and security aspects of foreign land sales in the TRNC, contributing to the discourse on media diplomacy and international relations. She was one of the unbiased media persons who give voice to excluded politicians during Presidential Elections in Turkey in 2023. Öztürk's comprehensive skill set includes content writing, live reporting, research, filming, documentaries, and photography, making her a valuable asset to the field of journalism.

• Reporter / Journalist
• Fixer
• Translator
• Field Producer
• Transcriber
• Content Strategist
• TV News Producer

Ahmed SeifEleslam Dewidar (Saif Dewidar), Egyptian national, descended from a Mamluk family. Journalist and researcher in political sociology I finished my secondary education in Yemen in 2009, and I lived there for 15 years, roaming its cities and villages. I joined the Faculty of Science at Tanta University in Egypt in 2012, and graduated from it in 2016 with a major in chemistry and geology. During these years, I participated in the Egyptian student movement, and after that I changed course by studying to Political Science at Alexandria University in 2017, and start the Master’s degree in Political Sociology at Alexandria University in 2021. I worked as a journalist on the Egyptian opposition website “Idaat” from 2019 to 2021. I wrote for several websites, including "gulfhouse" and "Awwad Al-Qash" website. I worked as a temporary external researcher for the Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms in the 2023 "Monach" initiative. I worked at Arabi Post until the end of 2023. I took over the management of Dr. Saif El-Din Abdel Fattah’s personal website, and I also participate in writing many research papers with him.

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As an individual with a strong background in the field of Sociology and a diverse skill set, I firmly believe that my unique expertise would make a valuable contribution to delivering high-quality and culturally enriching content to audiences across Turkiye and beyond. I have honed a wide range of skills that align perfectly with the demands of the role of the “Producer.” I possess exceptional research and analytical skills, enabling me to identify emerging social trends and topics that resonate with diverse audiences., I have demonstrated an ability to analyze social and individual behaviors and attitudes from macro-level analyses, such as power structures, state relations, and global finance, to micro-level investigations, encompassing everyday practices of human life, tastes, and preferences. These skills allow me to engage with diverse perspectives and create content that resonates with a wide range of viewers.

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Highly motivated and detail-oriented Political Sciences and IRS graduate student with a passion for understanding complex global issues and a strong academic background in political science and İnternational relations, especially in Middle Eastern issues. My academic journey has provided me with a solid foundation in these fields, and I am enthusiastic about applying my knowledge to real-world challenges. As a budding researcher, I am eager to explore new avenues, contribute fresh perspectives, and expand my understanding of global issues. I am skilled in conducting in-depth research, data analysis, and literature reviews. Excellent critical thinking and problem-solving abilities. Adaptable, collaborative, and I am eager to leverage my knowledge and experience to contribute to the dynamic world of news journalism, where I can bring insightful analysis and clear communication to a wider audience.

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I am a Political sociologist engaged in research, teaching, writing and speaking. Currently, I am Professor of Sociology Ibn Haldun University, Turkey. Earlier, I worked as Senior Research Fellow at Max Planck Institute, Göttingen, Germany. Still earlier, I worked as an Associate Professor of Political Anthropology at the Australian Catholic University, Melbourne and as a senior lecturer in politics at Monash University, Australia. Before moving to Australia, I had taught at the Utrecht University and the University of Amsterdam. I earned my doctorate (cum laude) from University of Amsterdam. I have authored 2 monographs and co-edited 4 books. I have been interviewed, inter alia, by Al-Jazeera, Deutsche Welle, Frontline, The Hindu, New York Times, NRC Handelsblad (Netherlands), Sky News (Australia) &TRT World. I have contributed opinion pieces to English media in Australia, India, Britain, Europe and elsewhere. In 2020, I gave the TED-X talk: Twins Unknown: Islamophobia & Domophilia.

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Fadi Zatari is an Assistant Professor of political science and international relations at Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim university and a Research Fellow at the Center for Islam and Global Affairs (CIGA) since September 2021. He was a lecturer in political science and IR and a research associate at CIGA from 2017 to 2021 at the same university. Dr. Zatari received his education in Palestine, Germany, and Turkey. In 2021, he received his Ph.D. in Civilization Studies (political science) from the Alliance of Civilizations Institute of Ibn Khaldun University, Turkey. His thesis is entitled “The Construction of a Theory of Civilization Through the Works of al Māwardī.” In 2006, he gained his BA degree in political science from al-Quds University in Jerusalem. In 2009 he received his first Masters degree in International Studies from the Birzeit University, and in 2013 his second Masters degree in Political Theory from the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main and the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany. His academic publications appeared in the Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, Insight Turkey, Journal of Islamic Thought and Civilization, (Dîvân) journal of interdisciplinary studies and Alternatives: Global, Local, Political. Besides his native Arabic language, he is fluent in German, English, and Turkish. His research interests are Ethics and Politics, Political Theory, Civilization Studies, Theory of Civilization, Islamic Thought, Classical Muslim thoughts, and Palestinian-Israeli conflict

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Hanane Daali, 24 years old, a Journalism student currently pursuing my master's degree in Istanbul University within the General Journalism department. I hold a degree from the Higher Institute of Communication and Information in Rabat, Morocco. My diverse journalism journey encompasses roles in various domains including TV, newspapers, and online publications. As a polyglot, I am fluent in 5 languages. I am enthusiastic about exploring new job opportunities. ********** Ben Hanane Daali, 24 yaşındayım ve şu anda İstanbul Üniversitesi'nde Genel Gazetecilik bölümünde yüksek lisans eğitimi almaktayım. Rabat, Fas'ta bulunan İletişim Yüksek Enstitüsü'nden mezun oldum. Televizyon, gazete ve çevrimiçi yayıncılık gibi çeşitli alanlarda gazetecilik deneyimlerim bulunmaktadır. 5 dilde akıcı bir şekilde iletişim kurabiliyorum. Yeni iş fırsatlarını keşfetme konusunda büyük bir hevese sahibim.

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Born in Istanbul in 1993, Mehmet Rakipoğlu completed his undergraduate degree in the Department of International Relations, Faculty of Political Sciences at Sakarya University. In the academic year of 2015-2016, Mr. Rakipoğlu studied in Szczecin, Poland within the scope of the Erasmus program. He worked as a student assistant at Sakarya University in the Middle East Institute between 2015-2017. Besides this, he worked as a YÖK 100/2000 scholar at the same Institute between 2017-2019. Mr. Rakipoğlu, has finished his Ph.D. program in the field of the Middle East Studies at the same Institute in 2023. Working as a researcher in an UN project, Rakipoğlu currently works in Batman University and Dimensions for Strategic Studies. He has written many opinion papers, analyses and reports for national and foreign media and think tanks. His research interests include foreign policy of the Gulf countries, Turkey’s Gulf Policy and political Islam, social movements in the Middle East, the relation between religion and politics, etc. Rakipoğlu has good command of English and an intermediate level of Arabic.

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● Bissan J.Edwan ● Writer & Edtior ● Istanboul ● 00905526330648 ● Facebook.com/bissan.edwan ● @bissanmadarek ● x ● x Founder & Publisher of Ibnroshed publishing house (Averroes) 2013-2020 www.ibnroshed.com Books: Letter of Istanbul: ِExiled and Covid-19. Under publishing 2021 Palestine’s Railway: Egyptian Sit Galilah’s story in the holy land. – general organization for government printing offices – Bulaq – under publishing. “The Way is the Fight” research in Kamal Edwan’s writings. Ibn Roshd publishing house – Cairo- 2015. Training manual: “Journalism Writing for Kids and Video Journalism” – Madarek center for cultural and media development – Cairo – 2013. Training manual: “Book Marketing” – Arabia association for electronic books - 2009. “Knowledge Management in Civil Society” guidelines – alternative studies center – Cairo – 2010. “Islamization of The National Palestinian Identity” study – Ramallah – January 2007. “Hamas Between the Adaptation Procedures and Reaching Authority” – Al Ahram center for strategical studies – September 2006. “Palestinians in Iraq Between Life and Death” study – future studies center – Oman – 2006. “The New Globalization and Racism” book co-written by Bissan Edwan and Mai Qabil – Arabic organization against discrimination – cairo – 2006. “The Racism Wall – Israel’s racism and discriminative policies in Palestine” – Arabic organization against discrimination – 2005. “Discriminatory Policies Against Palestinians in Egypt” study – Mashraqeyat association – Gaza – 2001. Research experience Summer 2019 The Palestinians and the Egyptian Revolution: Accused; Excluded; The Marginalized Journal of Palestine Studies Issue No. 119, https://www.palestine-studies.org/ar/taxonomy/term/10252 Bissan Edwan “ The Egyptian Revolution and Palestinian Society: The Reluctance of the Forgotten Majority and the Banning of Activists, Aladab study magazin, 2011-v.59 http://al-adab.com/author/56478-%D8%B9%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%8C-%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86 Bisan Adwan - Arab Panorama, Palestinian Balkanization ... Steps towards alternatives to the national movement, the Salafi movements in Gaza, 2/25-2011. http://www.journal-ap.com/Print.aspx?AID=1729 March – December 2007: Researcher in the annual report for the freedom of expression and thought association. 2007: Bissan Edwan: Siyasat Magazine: Hamas Movement between National and Islamic Identity - The Institute for Public Policy- Ramallah, January 2007 2005: Bisan Adwan, The Israeli-Iranian Conflict in Central Asia and the Middle East, Iranian Anthology, Issue 56, (March 2005). al-Ahram Center for Strategic Studies. cairo. 2002: Assistant researcher in “The Livelihood of Palestinian Refugees in Egypt” – forced migration department – AUC. 1999-2002: Researcher outside for several Palestinian centers in Gaza ( Maqdes center for studies – Mashraqeyat center for feminist studies in Gaza – Palestinian center for democracy and labor rights in Gaza). 2000-2007: Researcher outside in Al Ahram center for strategical studies in several periodicals (Israeli affairs – Iranian affairs – strategic booklets). https://www.ahewar.org/debat/show.art.asp?aid=82482

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LIGHTING SHOOT-EDIT, DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKER, PRODUCEREXPERIENCE TRT International (TRT World and TRT Arabi), Ankara, Turkey—Freelance Shoot-Edit September 2015-PRESENT •Selected by TRT Management to be part of the launch team for TRT World in 2015 and TRT Arabi in 2019. •Working in a multilingual newsroom (Arabic, English and Turkish) managing cultural sensitivities •Attending all daily editorial meeting •Working under the direction of EPs and the Newsdesk to make sure stories are produced in an objective format, under the channel’s editorial style guide •Covered and followed several of President Erdogan’s diplomatic meetings •Producing news and features content, including reversioning for TRT Arabi,, Arabi’s sister channel •When in the field with Field Producer duties, I am responsible for all production and editorial paperwork, including risk assessments. I assist the Correspondent with translations; provide up-to-date information for the Correspondent to use in packages and lives, and look to gauge suitability of interviewees for packages. I scout locations for shoots, and am responsible for the overall safety of the team whilst in the field. •Covered several bombings in Ankara with TRT World •Covered the Turkish Elections 2019 and re-election with TRT Arabi Correspondent, Musab Yousef. Covering the depth and breadth of reporting analysis and two-ways; producing hourly packages and lives from both studio and various locations in Ankara. ZoomIn TV (Online platform, Netherlands), Ankara, Turkey—Freelance Video Journalist 2018 •Pitched and filmed stories for the channel, on a variety of subjects which allowed opportunity to travel to get human-angle stories. •Won runner-up award, for the the most viewed, shared and like online pieces, selected by ZoomIn audiences •Self-shooted packages for social media outlets - Facebook and Instagram. •Referred editorial issued up to management K24, The Balkans—Freelance Director and Cameraman 2016 •Worked on a documentary series, looking at the independence of Macedonia, Serbia and Bosnia •Collaborated with local fixers, shooting and directing for 40 days x 10 hours Russia Today (RT), Ankara, Turkey—Freelance Fixer, Shoot-Edit December 2016 •Covered the breaking news of the Russian Ambassador shot in Ankara •Produced lives from the murder scene and edited from the field, turning around packages under tight deadlines •Spoke to contacts on the ground, collecting information to be used in news package Associated Press (AP), Ankara, Turkey—Freelance Shoot-Edit 2010 (16 days coverage) •Covered Mavi Marmara issue and developments about it from Ankara •Produced exclusive footage for the agency and provided up-to-date information •Edited footage and sent them to the newsroom on time ARD Germany, Ankara, Turkey—Freelance Producer and Camera 2008-2010, 2010-Present (Ad-Hoc) •From 2008-2010, held daily editorial meetings with colleagues in the Istanbul office. Pitched stories of Turkish-German interest for the channel, on a variety of subjects, which allowed opportunity to travel to get human-angle stories •Worked to tight deadlines, working collaboratively with the shoot-edit, in accordance to the editorial style guide •Since 2010, I have worked as a Shoot-Edit, covering all breaking news stories and political and social ones. •Referred editorial issued up to management BROADCAST TRAINING •First Aid •Edius •Final Cut Pro •Adobe Premiere Pro OTHER PRODUCTION EXPERIENCES: Ministry of Culture Turkey—Official Broadcast Trainer 2017- Present •Annual 45days training giving school children aged 9-14, around Turkey. Taught and mentored them to develop their journalist and camera skills, including editing. At the end of the project the children produced a music video, directed by me. SKILLS •Documentary Filmmaking •Intercultural Communication •Relationship-building •Budgeting, Planning and Logistics •Ability to work calm under pressure •Attention to detail •Complex problem solving •Negotiating and persuading •Digital Media and Social Newsgathering •Photojournalism •Operating all Sony DSLR cameras •Operating all Canon cameras •Operating Osmo camera •Operating Drones (Licensed operator) LANGUAGES •Turkish (Native) •English (Beginner)

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Amani Asenwar is PhD student in Politics and International Relations in Istanbul Zaim University. She is also lecturer in the Political Science and International Relations department and Research Associate in the Centre of Islam and Global Affairs in Istanbul Zaim University since September 2017. Amani has received her master’s degree in EU Politics and International Relations from European Union institute at Marmara University, her Master’s thesis was on New Shifts in European foreign policy towards Israel (2009-2016). Between 2011-2014 she worked as the regional director of the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor (Middle East office-Amman, Jordan), she also worked as Human Rights Researcher in the same organisation (2011-2014). She served as Media Coordinator in UFree Network (2011-2012). She worked as news editor in several media projects such as: Quds Press International Agency (2010-11), Quds Network-(Co-founder), Al-Khaleej Online (2014-2015). She is columnist and writer in several media projects and speaks Arabic, English and Turkish. Her academic interest includes: International Relations, European Integration, European Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), EU-Israel Relations, Middle East Studies, and Human Rights.

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I am a highly creative, imaginative and enthusiastic journalist and news presenter with rich experience in writing and publishing the news articles and broadcasting newscasts throughout different media platforms. Skilled writer, producer, and presenter of news with a passion for both informing and entertaining the public. Notable success in presenting various programs on social media (political and non-political), voiceover for reports, long analysis reports, feature stories, and documentaries. Poised to excel in a news producer/presenter role; able to make a study for any project and whole plan from A to Z. In-depth knowledge and understanding of SEO, Google Analytics, data-based content, and Facebook blueprint courses. Proficient in MS Office, WordPress, and SEMRUSH. Fluent communicator of English and Arabic, with basic knowledge of Turkish.

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As a graduate of Yeditepe University, Department of Political Science and International Relations, he received his master's degree from Plymouth University, Department of International Relations and Global Security. He continues his PhD studies at the Strategy and Security Studies Program of the National Defense University. His work mainly focuses on non-state armed groups (NSAGs), while disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) processes is among his areas of interest. He works as a North African Studies Researcher at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies (ORSAM). He is proficient in English and has good knowledge of German. In addition to scholarly works, his commentaries and opinions appeared in international media outlets including Al Jazeera English, Middle East Monitor and Politics Today.

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