Date & place
of birth

25/8/1954           Nicosia, Cyprus

Education

1973                   Nicosia Turkish Lycee                         Nicosia, Cyprus

1971-1973                  The School of Computer Technology             London, England

1966-1971           The English College                            Nicosia, Cyprus

Languages

Fluent in English and native language Turkish

Professional experience

2011 -                          Retired

2008 -  2010                 Near East University                Nicosia, North Cyprus
Lecturer (Internet Journalism)

2001 -  2008                Kibris Media Group                  Nicosia, North Cyprus

Editor in Chief

§         Kibris Media Group is made up of Kibris Newspaper (largest circulation (10,000 per day)Turkish language daily of North Cyprus), Cyprus Today (the only English language weekly of North Cyprus), Kibris FM and Kibris TV. As editor-in-chief, I am responsible from all the editorial and programme content of the publications and broadcasts.

1999 – 2001                 ASNA Holding                      Nicosia, North Cyprus

Coordinator

§         ASNA Holding is the main body which runs a variety of businesses in North Cyprus. These businesses range from financial services to media. I was responsible for the coordination between the companies.

1998 – 1999           Halkin Sesi newspaper              Nicosia, North Cyprus

Editor in Chief

§         Halkin Sesi is the oldest Turkish language daily of North Cyprus. During my service in Halkin Sesi I upgraded the technology of the paper and employed a fully computerized system in the production of the paper.

 
1996 – 1998     Cyprus Communications Centre    Nicosia, North Cyprus

Editor, Publisher and Webmaster

§         Cyprus Communications Centre (www.cypruscenter.com) is an independent news agency which I founded and which produced and published the first daily Turkish language internet newspaper (Kimgazet) in North Cyprus. I personally designed the website and edited all the contents. The agency also produced a daily Turkish Cypriot Press Digest in English. I later transferred it to someone else.

1996 – 1998               Reuters News Agency           Nicosia, North Cyprus

Stringer

§         As Reuters stringer I covered news events in North Cyprus.

1993 – 1996               Kibris Media Group               Nicosia, North Cyprus

Deputy Editor in Chief

§         As the Deputy Editor in Chief of the group I was responsible from the editorial content of the Turkish language daily Kibris and the English language weekly Cyprus Today.

1991 – 1993           Public Information Office          Nicosia, North Cyprus

Translator, Editor

§         I translated and edited news stories and articles to be used by the office in its bulletins which were published in both Turkish and English.

1988 – 1991               Kibris Media Group               Nicosia, North Cyprus

Editor

§         I was the editor of the Turkish Cypriot daily, Kibris. I took part in the team which founded, prepared and published Kibris in 1989.

1986 – 1988        North Cyprus News Agency        Nicosia, North Cyprus

Editor

§         NCNA was an independent news agency which produced news bulletins in Turkish and English languages. I was responsible from all the contents of the bulletins.

1978 – 1986               Bayrak Radio & TV                Nicosia, North Cyprus

Head of TV News

§         I worked as reporter, news editor and broadcaster in both Turkish and English language services of Bayrak Radio & TV, which is the official broadcasting authority of North Cyprus. I produced and presented a weekly programme in Turkish, on TV, called Notes from the Parliament for three years. I also produced and presented, a daily programme on radio in Turkish, which covered the Turkish Cypriot Press. I was promoted to the position of Head of TV News in 1983 and was responsible from all the news content of the TV programmes.

1974 – 1978                   Voice of Cyprus                            Anamur, Turkey

Translator, Editor and Broadcaster

§         Turkish Cypriot radio broadcasting to Cyprus from Anamur, southern Turkey. I worked as editor and broadcaster in the Turkish language department and as translator, editor and broadcaster in the English language department.

Additional professional activities

2000 –  2001           Industrial Bank of Kibris          Nicosia, North Cyprus

Chairman of the Board of Directors

1986 – 2001                Bayrak Radio & TV               Nicosia, North Cyprus

Chairman of the Board of Directors

§         I was a member of the board of directors of Bayrak Radio & TV, representing the Journalists’ Union on the board. I was elected as the chairman of the board in 1999. I resigned from the board in 2001 when I was appointed as the Editor in Chief of Kibris Media Group.

1981 – 1996                Journalists’ Union                Nicosia, North Cyprus

Mem ber of the Executive Committee

§         I served as secretary general and for a short time as president of the Union.

2001–2003                 Journalists’ Union                 Nicosia, North Cyprus

President of the Union

Computer skills

Knowledge of;

·         MS Windows

·         MS Word

·         MS Excel

·         MS PowerPoint

·         Adobe Photoshop

·         MS FrontPage

·         Quark Xpress

·         FTP software

·         Web publishing software

·         MS Internet Explorer

·         MS Outlook Express