Sefer Turan (born 1962
Afşin
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Afşin-Elbistan power stations
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,
Kahramanmaras,
Turkey) is a Turkish
journalist and
author. Turan was educated in
Egypt and he knows
Arabic very well.
Career
Sefer Turan is one of the few
Middle East expert
An expert is somebody who has a broad and deep understanding and competence in terms of knowledge, skill and experience through practice and education in a particular field. Informally, an expert is someone widely recognized as a reliable s ...
s in
Turkey. He served as a head of foreign news department at the Channel 7 TV station. He prepared and presented "the East & West" program at the ULKE TV.
Turan monitored
Afghanistan and
Iraq wars. His most remarkable works are on
Palestine
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* State of Palestine, a state in Western Asia
* Palestine (region), a geographic region in Western Asia
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case. He prepared programs on
Second Intifada
The Second Intifada ( ar, الانتفاضة الثانية, ; he, האינתיפאדה השנייה, ), also known as the Al-Aqsa Intifada ( ar, انتفاضة الأقصى, label=none, '), was a major Palestinian uprising against Israel. ...
, Palestine-Israel and Lebanon-Israel conflicts.
Sefer Turan attends as a political commentator on international TV Programs such as
Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera ( ar, الجزيرة, translit-std=DIN, translit=al-jazīrah, , "The Island") is a state-owned Arabic-language international radio and TV broadcaster of Qatar. It is based in Doha and operated by the media conglomerate Al Jazeera ...
,
BBC Arabic,
Rusiya Al-Yaum. He is appointed to the post of coordinator at state channel
TRT el Türkiye
TRT Arabia, () is an Arabic television channel of TRT, broadcasting to Arabic-speaking audiences in Turkey and the Middle East, 24 hours a day, on subjects, events, and news as well as soap operas from and pertaining to Turkey. It was launched on ...
which started broadcasting in
Arabic He is currently serving as the chief advisor in Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's office. He has written several articles supporting the Egyptian Islamic Jihad, listed by the United Nations Security Council as an al-Qaeda-affiliated group.
Sefer Turan married and he has three children.
Bibliography
* Jerusalem: Heart of the history (2004)
* My travels (2006)
* Historian of sciences: Fuat Sezgin (2010)
External links
Qantara: New Arabic Station Aims to Unite Turkish and Arab Worlds- Interview with Sefer Turan
References
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1962 births
Living people
Turkish journalists