Banu Avar (born 18 July 1955, Eskişehir) is a Turkish author, journalist, news anchor, and political commentator. She started her career at the Turkish magazine ''Süreç'' in 1980, and has worked in newspapers such as ''Günaydin'', ''Dünya'', and ''Vatan''. After getting her master's degree at City University, London, she worked at the BBC as a radio reporter for the Turkish news department and trained with the BBC documentary department. She was hired by Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) in London. A short time later, she became a reporter for the popular TV programme'' 32''. Since 1985 she has worked as a producer. In 1999, she created two programmes for TRT. She has also made documentaries for the

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and the BBC. In 1999, she started documentaries with TV8 and worked there as a director until 2004. After leaving that job, she transferred to TRT 1 and started producing documentaries for them, beginning with ''Sinirlar Arasinda''. So far, more than 20 such documentaries have appeared on TV. She has also presented an anti-capitalist programme for TRT 1. Countries which have shown her work include France, the Netherlands, Israel, Palestine, Uzbekistan, Iran, Algeria, Denmark, and the U.K. She has become more critical of Turkey and other European countries.

Awards

* Turkish Writers Union, Television Programmer of the Year Award. 2005 * TÜRKSAV Service Award 2005 * Contemporary Journalists Association 2006 Award for Television News * Akdeniz University, Atatürk's Principles and Revolution History Research and Application Center "Kemalist thought contributors Award" 2006–2007 * Istanbul Kultur University Faculty of Art and Design "Yürekli Women Award" (2006) * Yeditepe University honorary doctorate from Banu Avar 20 April 2007

Filmography

* Deniz (1999) * Hayatım Müzik (Mayıs 1999-Ocak 2000) * Önemli müzik adamlarının yaşam öyküleri( 15 Bölüm ) * Depremle Yaşamak (2000) ( 10 Bölüm ) * Unutulan Yıllar (2000) * Denizciler Belgeseli (2000–2001) * Deniz kuvvetleri Komutanlığı desteğiyle Türkiye’nin denizcilik tarihi * Deniz Kuvvetleri, Deniz Ticareti ve Deniz Sporunun tarihi ve bugünü ( 9 Bölüm ) * Türkiye Sevdalıları (2000–2001) * Afghanistan : Devlerin Savaş Alanı (2002) * Ohri Ohri Güzel Ohri (2002) * Artık Biz De Varız (2002) * Atletin Adı : Süreyya (2002) * Bir Zamanlar Kıbrıs'ta (2003) * Unutulan Yıllar (2003) * Kafkaslarda Politik Bir Satranç Ustası : Rıza Oğlu Haydar Aliyev (2004) * Sınırlar Arasında (2004–2008)

Books

* Sınırlar Arasında – Hüznün Toprağı Balkanlar'dan Geleceğin Gücü Avrasya'ya ( ) * Avrasyalı Olmak () * Hangi Avrupa? () * Böl ve Yut () * Hangi Dünya Düzeni

References

External links

official website (in Turkish)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Avar, Banu 1955 births Turkish writers Turkish journalists Living people Turkish expatriates in the United Kingdom Turkish people of Avar descent People from Eskişehir