January is a month of loss… R.I.P Mehmet Ali Birand. Turkish journalism loses one major name…

During my pilot study for my PhD fieldwork, I happened to attend daily editorial meetings at CNN Turk chaired by him. He was also a notable journalist in EU-Turkey relations…

Birand at Wikipedia

Birand’s Last Article | Artık ölümlerin durmasını diliyorum

from Mavi Boncuk by M.A.M

In Memoriam | Mehmet Ali Birand (1941-2013)

from Mavi Boncuk by M.A.M


In November 2012, Mehmet Ali Birand found his Kurdish roots after years believing he was a Turk, he said at a Turkish TV-show. His ancestors are from Palu, Elazığ.

Prominent Turkish journalist, HDN columnist Birand passes away

from Hurriyet Daily News
Mehmet Ali Birand, a world-renowned journalist, Hürriyet Daily News

On Birand, who raised journalistic standards in Turkey

from Hurriyet Daily News
It was 1985 when Mehmet Ali Birand started a monthly TV show.

Birand: Gracious face of Turkish journalism

from Hurriyet Daily News
Turkish journalism is grieving after the abrupt death of its dean


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