Interview #26 and #27: Şirin Payzın and Melih Aşık
It looks like in ordinary school weeks, my Mondays and Wednesdays are becoming dissertation days as i can skip some classes these days. In recent weeks, i had been to CNN-Turk and Milliyet buildings frequently. It takes a public bus to arrive those buildings from Mecidiyeköy. Buildings are next to each other. One building complex includes all Dogan Group TV Channels that also include CNN Turk and the other building include Milliyet and Posta. After some re-scheduling Şirin Payzın (on the right) spared some time from her really busy schedule. The interview took place in a car on the way between Bağcılar to Ortaköy. I am thankful to her. A bio of hers can be found here in Turkish. She is a senior world news correspondent and recently she is making news programmes for CNN-Turk. She is one of the visible figures among Turkish journalists in Brussels at the time of summits...
I would like to drop a line on Sedat Ergin, Milliyet's chief editor. When on Monday I stopped by his office to say hi, he asked me how my dissertation goes and offered help for new contacts. Well what can I say? Despite his busy schedule, and despite being in such a high position, he spares some time for me and provides actual help. I am glad to meet him in person. he is a candidate to occupy a high place in my acknowledgements!
I am also thankful for my dear friend Serkan and his office mate, Tuğba who host me when I come Milliyet premises and Pınar and Nez when I am in the boundaries of CNN-Turk...
On Wednesday evening, I have conducted another interview. Melih Aşık met me in The Marmara and i have had one of my most playful interviews! He is a regular columnist in Milliyet and he is known to have a sceptical approach to the EU process. His column has a bitter discourse against AKP gov't but his talk is sweet. Thank you Mr. Aşık!
