Melis Alphan

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Melis Alphan
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Melis Alphan
Born1978
Izmir
CitizenshipTurkish
EducationAmerican Collegiate Institute
OccupationJournalist

Melis Alphan (Melis Çelebi: 1978, İzmir), is a Turkish journalist and author known for her women's rights activism and her fashion journalism.[1]

Education[]

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 2019 she published the book I Will – Inspiring Life Stories.[4]

Legal prosecution[]

In November 2020 an investigation into an Instagram post[5] of her about the Kurdish new year celebrations in Diyarbakır in 2015 was initiated.[5][6] 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.[7] The prosecution demanded a prison sentence for up to 7 years and 6 months.[7] She was acquitted on May 21, 2021.[8]

Award[]

  • 2013, Traditional Turkey Journalism Awards in the category "Best Interview"[9]

References[]

  1. ^ "Cumhuriyet'ten ayrılan Melis Alphan'ın yeni adresi belli oldu". T24 (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-04-19.
  2. ^ a b c "Melis Alphan - House of Impact". houseofimpact.com.tr. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
  3. ^ a b "Gazeteci Melis Alphan kimdir?". www.haber61.net (in Turkish). 19 July 2019. Retrieved 2021-04-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ a b "Melis Alphan:She chose another story". Levi's. Retrieved 2021-04-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ a b "'Newroz' lawsuit against journalist Melis Alphan". Bianet - Bagimsiz Iletisim Agi. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
  6. ^ "Turkish Journalist Melis Alphan Faces Terrorism Charges Over a Shared Photo". www.coe.int. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
  7. ^ a b "Journalist Melis Alphan faces up to 7.5 years in prison for sharing picture from 2015 Newroz". www.duvarenglish.com. 2021-06-04. Retrieved 2021-04-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ "Put on trial for posting a Newroz photo, journalist Melis Alphan acquitted".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ "Hürriyet Received Four Awards from Turkish Journalists Association - Doğan Holding". www.doganholding.com.tr. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
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