İbrahim Eren (born 26 May 1980) is a Turkish bureaucrat.

Education

He graduated the Department of Political Science and International Relations of

Boğaziçi University Boğaziçi University (Turkish language, Turkish: ''Boğaziçi Üniversitesi''), also known as Bosphorus University, is a Public university, public research university in Istanbul, Turkey, historically tied to a former American educational insti ...

and went on to pursue a master of arts in Media Management from the

University of Westminster The University of Westminster is a public university, public university based in London, United Kingdom. Founded in 1838 as the Royal Polytechnic Institution, it was the first Polytechnic (United Kingdom), polytechnic to open in London. The Po ...

Career

Eren started his career at different companies in the field of culture and arts, later producing many programs, including national and international documentaries, animations, promotional films and commercials in the media production sector. He started to work at ATV within

Turkuvaz Media Group Turkuvaz Media Group is a Turkish media company. In 2008, the company was sold to Çalık Holding in Aşiyan, Yıldız, Beşiktaş, Istanbul. the company operates under Kalyon Group in Kemerburgaz, Eyüp, Göktürk, İstanbul. The company's CE ...

in 2008. In his role, he directed the processes of making internal productions effective and determining the channel restructuring strategies. İbrahim Eren began his career at TRT as deputy director general in 2013 and served as chairman and director general from July 2017 to 14 July 2021, when his mandate ended and was appointed in his place. After his appointment, Eren also relaunched TRT 2 after seven years of inactivity. İbrahim Eren was, as director general of TRT, a member of the board of directors of the

European Broadcasting Union The European Broadcasting Union (EBU; , UER) is an alliance of Public broadcasting, public service media organisations in countries within the European Broadcasting Area (EBA) or who are member states of the Council of Europe, members of the ...

(EBU) and is currently the president of the

Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union The Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU or APBU), formed in 1964, is a non-profit, professional association of broadcasting organisations. It currently has over 288 members in 57 countries and regions, reaching a potential audience of about 3 b ...

(ABU), as well as a board member for Türksat in the

International Emmy Awards The International Emmy Awards, or International Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the television industry. Bestowed by the New York–based International Academy of Television Arts and Sc ...

References

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