Melis Alphan | |
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Born | 1978 |
Citizenship | Turkish |
Education | American Collegiate Institute |
Occupation | Journalist |
Melis Alphan (Melis Çelebi; born 1978 in İzmir), is a Turkish journalist and author known for her women's rights activism and her fashion journalism. [1]
Following her graduation from the American College Institute in Izmir, she studied Fashion at the London College of Fashion from where she earned a BSc. [2] Following she studied for a while at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. [2] In 2001 she returned to Turkey and initiated her journalistic career at the Vizyon magazine. [2] The same year she began working at the newspaper Radikal and by 2003 she received a job at the Milliyet newspaper. [3] In 2009 she started to work at the Hürriyet newspaper, for which she reported for 9 years. [3] She wrote articles on women rights, fashion amongst other issues and with time she became one of the few female journalists to write an own column in a Turkish newspaper. [4] In 2018 she was a member of the jury for the Metin Göktepe journalism award. [5] In 2019 she published the book I Will – Inspiring Life Stories. [4]
In November 2020 an investigation into an Instagram post [6] of her about the Kurdish new year celebrations in Diyarbakır in 2015 was initiated. [6] [7] In the photograph in question, a flag of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, with which the Turkish Government at the time was holding peace negotiations was also to be seen. [8] The prosecution demanded a prison sentence for up to 7 years and 6 months. [8] She was acquitted on May 21, 2021. [9]
Melis Alphan | |
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Born | 1978 |
Citizenship | Turkish |
Education | American Collegiate Institute |
Occupation | Journalist |
Melis Alphan (Melis Çelebi; born 1978 in İzmir), is a Turkish journalist and author known for her women's rights activism and her fashion journalism. [1]
Following her graduation from the American College Institute in Izmir, she studied Fashion at the London College of Fashion from where she earned a BSc. [2] Following she studied for a while at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. [2] In 2001 she returned to Turkey and initiated her journalistic career at the Vizyon magazine. [2] The same year she began working at the newspaper Radikal and by 2003 she received a job at the Milliyet newspaper. [3] In 2009 she started to work at the Hürriyet newspaper, for which she reported for 9 years. [3] She wrote articles on women rights, fashion amongst other issues and with time she became one of the few female journalists to write an own column in a Turkish newspaper. [4] In 2018 she was a member of the jury for the Metin Göktepe journalism award. [5] In 2019 she published the book I Will – Inspiring Life Stories. [4]
In November 2020 an investigation into an Instagram post [6] of her about the Kurdish new year celebrations in Diyarbakır in 2015 was initiated. [6] [7] In the photograph in question, a flag of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, with which the Turkish Government at the time was holding peace negotiations was also to be seen. [8] The prosecution demanded a prison sentence for up to 7 years and 6 months. [8] She was acquitted on May 21, 2021. [9]