About me

After almost 15 years of journalism in the Netherlands, at the end of 2006 I moved my office to Turkey. I’ve been focusing on the country for a few years now, and made my first story – about different generations of Turkish women in a central-Anatolian town – in the fall of 2004.

Since living and working in the country, I’ve been a regular contributor about Turkey for the Dutch daily De Pers. I also work for ANP (Netherlands national news agency), the most important news supplier in The Netherlands. For BNR Newsradio, a nation-wide radio station, I give backgrounds on the news from Turkey through live phone interviews. As well, I contribute to various magazines. My main fields of interest are women’s lives, human rights, minorities and politics. You can also hear me speak about Turkey on the Dutch young people’s radio station Funx. The articles on this site have all been published in the Netherlands. I translated them for publication on this site.

I live in Üsküdar, on the Anatolian side of Istanbul. Yes, the Bosporus view is nice. Contact me on contact@journalistinturkey.com or call +90533 308 5486.

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Photography: Allard de Witte, Hanneke Geerdink, free stock photo site Inmagine and, sometimes, myself
English advisor: Barry Crooks
Turkish text: Ismail Hakky Oyman

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