A Turkish writer and journalist who has been engaged for years in the fight for human rights and freedom of speech. She is not afraid to tackle difficult topics such as violence against women and rising social tensions. She has worked, among others, for CNN Turk in Venezuela and Argentina. After writing articles critical of the government, she was dismissed from two editorial offices, and subsequently set out to travel around the Middle East. Her features have been published by The New York Times, Der Spiegel, and The Guardian. She received the Ambassador of New Europe award, bestowed by the European Solidarity Centre and the Jan Nowak-Jeziorański College of Eastern Europe in Wrocław, for the best book on European issues Turkey: The Insane and the Melancholy (2018).