Journalists Who Cover Kurdish conflict

Memet Aksakal

Istanbul, Turkey

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I am an experienced freelance journalist and also working as a fixer/translator.

I have been working as a freelance journalist, fixer, researcher, coordinator 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 ...

Yunus Aslan

Brussels, Belgium

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Yunus Aslan is an accomplished journalist, news presenter, and author with over a decade of experience in media and broadcasting. An alumnus of Istanbul University’s Department of Journalism, he has built a distinguished career that includes extensive field reporting from conflict zones across ...

Barış Barıştıran

Cologne, Germany

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He served as broadcast manager at Özgür Gün TV and worked as a founder, editor, and designer for various radio stations and newspapers. He is currently engaged in initiatives to advance new-generation media and AI-driven journalism, and continues his work as the Editor-in-Chief of BanDor.

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.

Mahmut Bozarslan

Diyarbakır, Turkey

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Mahmut Bozarslan is a journalist based in Diyarbakır, Turkey.

I worked particularly in East and Southeast of Turkey but especially in Norhern Iraq . During this time, I followed almost all terrorist incidents in the region and I made very successful stories. Because of my Kurdish language skill ...

Beritan Canözer

Brussels, Belgium

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Beritan Canözer is a journalist. I began my career in journalism in 2013 in Diyarbakır, Türkiye. My first newsroom was JINHA, the world’s first women-led news agency. There, I reported primarily on issues concerning women, children, animal rights, and the environment. Throughout my work, I sought ...

Rabia Çetin

Istanbul, Turkey

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Since 2012, Rabia Çetin has been working as an editor and reporter with several media outlets in Turkey, such as T24, BasNews and K24. She is currently a freelance journalist contributing to various media in Turkey and abroad. Rabia has won several awards for her journalistic work.

Jose Manuel Cuevas

Madrid, Spain

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Colombian journalist, editor and researcher based in Spain.

Ahmed Fathi

New York, United States of America

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Ahmed Fathi is a United Nations Correspondent, Global Affairs Analyst, and Managing Editor of American Television News (ATN). With decades of experience reporting from major world capitals and conflict zones, he provides sharp, nuanced coverage of international diplomacy, U.N. affairs, and global ...

Farhan Hamakhan

Halabja, Iraq

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Farhan Hama khan is a journalist based in Halabja, Iraq. I have a master's degree and a bachelor's degree in media and television from sulaimani University. I have 13 years of experience in journalism in local and foreign agencies. I have excellent academic and scientific writing skills. I was a ...

Majd Helobi

Damascus, Syria

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TV-News Producer/work at the Regional Tensions Studies center 
 with extensive expertise in building and developing networks throughout the Middle East. I specialize in delivering exclusive news related to conflicts, civil wars, and extremist groups across the region. My work spans Iraq, Kurdistan,...

Anna-Maria Holmgren

Stockholm, Sweden

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I am a freelance journalist with 13 years of experience in the industry. I have lived and worked across the Middle East and Europe and completed Hostile Environment Awareness Training (HEAT) with the Swedish Armed Forces

Ali Fikri Işık

Diyarbakır, Turkey

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Ali Fikri Işık is a journalist based in Diyarbakır, Turkey. Taraf gazetesi, Gazete duvar, Kurdistan24 BasNews, Serbestiyet.com da yazarlık yaptım. Amedspor kaos ve direniş adlı kitabın yazarıyim. 1-1-1958 yılında Batman'da doğdum.

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.

Diyar Kurda

Washington, United States of America

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Diyar Kurda is a Kurdish journalist and Washington D.C. Bureau Chief for Rudaw Media Network, one of the leading media outlets in the Middle East. While still an undergraduate, Diyar joined Rudaw in 2015 as Editor of the International Desk. In July 2020, he became the head of the planning ...

Hediye Levent

Ankara, Turkey

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Hediye Levent | Freelance Journalist With over two decades of experience in journalism, I have been extensively covering the Middle East since 2003. From 2008 to 2021, I was based in Syria, Lebanon and Iraq, providing in-depth coverage of the region's complex developments. Currently, I reside in ...

Stella Martany

Erbil, Iraq

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Stella Martany is an award winning journalist, field producer, and fixer based in Iraq. Her writing has appeared in The Associated Press, The Telegraph, Al Jazeera, and The Sunday Times, with reporting that centres on human rights, environment, indigenous and marginalised communities, displacement, ...

Hemn Seyedi

London, United Kingdom

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I am Hemn Seyedi a journalist and political scientist based in London, United Kingdom.

I was born in Mahabad into a political family and was involved in political activities at an early age while studying Architecture in Hamedan.

I lived in Iraqi Kurdistan for seven years (2001-2008). I worked in ...

Dimo Silva Aurelio

Juba, South Sudan

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Dimo Silva Aurelio, is a South Sudanese freelance journalist, who has written extensively on South Sudan's conflict and human rights issues in the Country, he visited refugees in camps in Uganda who gave their accounts of the conflict.

Before the conflict broke out in South Sudan in 2013, he ...

Giacomo Sini

Livorno, Italy

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Giacomo Sini is a journalist/photojournalist based in Livorno, Italy.

Giacomo born in Pisa, (Italy) in 1989 but has always been living in Livorno. In 2014 he obtained a degree in social sciences at Pisa University. By several years of work, has passed through fifty countries documenting their ...

Lara Villalón

İstanbul, Turkey

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Multimedia journalist based in İstanbul. Focuses on Turkish politics and foreign policy and economy. Also interested in labour rights and feminism.