Cüneyt Özdemir

Cüneyt Özdemir
Born (1970-02-08) February 8, 1970
Ankara, Turkey
Nationality Turkish
Education Ankara University, Faculty of Communication
Occupation Journalist, TV presenter, author, producer
Spouse(s) Zeynep İnanoğlu

Cüneyt Özdemir (born February 8, 1970) is a Turkish journalist, television host and producer. Özdemir is the anchorman of the leading local and foreign affairs program 5N1K, broadcast on CNN Türk Television for 16 years now.

Early years

Cüneyt Özdemir was born and raised in Ankara, Turkey. He was born into a Muslim-Turkish Family in Ankara. He is fluent in Turkish and English.

After completing his elementary and high school education in Ankara, he attended Ankara University, Faculty of Communication - the leading institution of communication education and studies in Turkey. There he studied at the Department of Radio, Television and Film. During his time there, he worked for prominent news outlets. Özdemir graduated from Ankara University with a B.A degree in journalism. In 1993 he went to London, United Kingdom with a scholarship from the British Council. There he studied multimedia journalism.

32. GÜN International Affairs Program

Özdemir started his journalism career at 32. Gün International Affairs Program. He worked there as the executive director of the program. 32. Gün was produced and presented by prominent Turkish journalist Mehmet Ali Birand. In 1996, Özdemir became an international war correspondent where he has reported on major political crisis sites at many of the world's hotspots including the Lebanese-Israeli border, Iraq and Afghanistan. He covered numerous special stories from war zones. Özdemir was given his first major assignment covering the Gulf War. Through this position, he was able to make prominent coverages for the program. Özdemir, at his young age, gained recognition and reputation for being brave at such wars and for reporting from conflict areas.[1]

CNN Türk

In 1999, he helped found CNN Türk. In 2000, he founded Turkey's pioneer international news program 5N1K which takes its name from the six fundamental questions of journalism which are What (Ne), When (Ne Zaman), Where (Nerede), Why (Neden), How (Nasil) and Who (Kim). He has been producing and presenting the program 5N1K which is broadcast on CNN Türk Television for 16 years now. The program has won Turkey’s all prestigious journalism awards, at least several times. Between years 2012 and 2013 he presented the program from The London Studios. Throughout the years, the program focused on international wars, political affairs, world cups, Olympics, fashion weeks, groundbreaking news from all over the world as well as Turkish Diplomacy and local affairs. The program has managed to combine hard news and soft news with a colorful and vivid perspective. Over the years, Özdemir has reported on major crises from many of world's hotspots including Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, the Palestinian territories and Israel. He has secured exclusive interviews at such countries. He has had many memorable moments in his television career. He went to Athens in 2004 to cover the World Olympics. In 2006, he visited the Guantánamo Bay detention camp in Cuba and produced an investigative news story there. In 2007, he followed the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony in Stockholm. That year, his program 5N1K was aired on CNN Türk for the 300th time. In 2008, he went to Latin America and followed the leftist movement there. He also worked on an investigative story at Harvard University where he covered new cell practices. In 2011, he went to Libya to follow the political chaos at the heart of the country. There, Özdemir has conducted a groundbreaking interview with Libya's deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi's son Seyful Islam Muammar Gaddafi. His other prominent works include interviews with Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Christian Amanpour, Noam Chomsky, Felice Casson Gladio, Orhan Pamuk, Zaha Hadid, Liz Hurley and Hugh Jackman. Özdemir continues to cover important news stories from all over the world.[2][3]

Channel D News

On 28 October 2014, Özdemir announced he would leave CNN Turk for Channel D, where he would anchor the daily news bulletin of Channel D. He hosted his first broadcast on 3 November 2014. On 7 August 2015, Channel D announced Özdemir would be leaving his post as anchor of Channel D, and returning back to CNN Turk, where he had previously worked for 15 years, maintaining his role at prominent news program 5N1K.[4]

Radikal Newspaper

Between years 2011 and 2014, Özdemir wrote for Radikal Newspaper, which is a leading newspaper in Turkey that harbors Turkey’s most visionary and leading thinkers within its team. Özdemir wrote 5 days a week at his column at Radikal. He has written extensively on political affairs, global issues, pop-cultural developments, Middle East and Europe at this column.[5]

Dipnot TV

Özdemir founded the production company DIPNOT TV in 2008. Over the years, company has produced prominent TV Programs, most importantly the news program 5N1K that has been aired on CNN Turk for more than 15 years now. Özdemir has also produced Sağır Oda, a popular Turkish Tv Series between 2006 and 2007.

DIPNOT TV Company led by Cüneyt Özdemir continues to produce TV shows and documentaries. Özdemir created new business models in publicity, media and social media projects. His company also produces corporate promotion shootings, advertisements, viral videos both for internet and tv platforms as well as social media campaigns. Over the years Özdemir’s production company has worked with numerous important clients including Akbank, Kalebodur, Turkcell, Vodafone, Google, Ericson, Coca-Cola, Efes Pilsen, Tuborg, Unilever, Chevrolet and so on.[6]

Özdemir's company Dipnot also carries out prominent social responsibility projects. One of Turkey's leading endowments, Sabanci Foundation's "Turkey's Changemakers" program is produced by Özdemir's company. The program aims to promote social development and awareness and ultimately mobilize active citizenship by inspiring and encouraging others."Turkey's Changemakers" program reached more than 3.5 million viewers through program's website and the social media. The program has been broadcast for 7 years now.

Dipnot Production Company also undertook the production of a prominent European Union project called "We Have a Message". The company conducted this project with its partner Happy Idea and its participants TÜSEV (Turkish third sector trust) and Turk Journal. The project was carried out within the scope of civil society dialogue III/Media donation program. "We Have a Message" project aimed at ameliorating communities' perception and understanding of each other and also at increasing the participation of their citizens. The project also intended to emphasize the effects of European Union endorsements on social development with 8 short films and a documentary. Özdemir's company produced these films and documentaries.[7]

The company is also a pioneer in terms of digital media in Turkey. Özdemir has launched Turkey’s first and the widely read digital magazine Dipnot Tablet in 2009. The Digital Magazine Dipnot has been weekly published for 6 years now. The magazine's content focuses on technology, entertainment and design. The online magazine Dipnot covers politics and economics as well. Özdemir currently writes his weekly articles only for Dipnot Tablet.[8]

Personal life

Özdemir is married to Zeynep İnanoğlu. Their son was born in 2012. He lives in Istanbul and New York.

Works

Documentary

TV series

TV programs

Books

References

  1. ↑ "Cüneyt Özdemir". TV CNN Türk. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
  2. ↑ "Cüneyt Özdemir". TV CNN Türk. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
  3. ↑ "5N1K | Dipnot Prodüksiyon". dipnotproduksiyon.com. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
  4. ↑ "Kanal D Ana Haber Bülteni - 15.06.2015 İzle". Kanal D. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
  5. ↑ "Elveda Radikal - CÜNEYT ÖZDEMİR". Radikal. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
  6. ↑ "Tanıtım Filmleri | Dipnot Prodüksiyon". dipnotproduksiyon.com. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
  7. ↑ "AB Projeler | Dipnot Prodüksiyon". dipnotproduksiyon.com. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
  8. ↑ "Hakkımızda | Dipnot Prodüksiyon". dipnotproduksiyon.com. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
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