Ali Çimen Explained

Ali Çimen
Birth Date:1971
Birth Place:Istanbul
Occupation:Author

Ali Çimen is a Turkish-Dutch author and journalist.

Career

Born in Istanbul in 1971, Ali Çimen studied English language and literature at Istanbul University and graduated in 1995.

He worked for the international Turkish dailies Zaman (newspaper)[1] [2] [3] and Today's Zaman[4] [5] from 1993 to 2009, serving as reporter, editor, chief of the foreign news desk in İstanbul and as an international correspondent in Frankfurt, Amsterdam, and London. Between 2010 and 2014 he worked for Euronews[6] [7] in France and took a break from journalism in 2015.

He has interviewed many political and social celebrities including Bill Clinton, Shakira, Edwin Buzz Aldrin, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Greg Olsen, Mordechai Vanunu, William S. Cohen, Robert Ballard and Brad Pitt.

He has written numerous books [8] ranging from popular history to secret services and space exploration. His first novel Kırık Heykel (Broken Statue), a political thriller, was published by Timas Publishing Group in 2013.

Çimen, who studied International Relations at Anadolu University and graduated in 2021, currently lives in Turkey and Germany and continues to write novels as well as history books.[9]

Bibliography

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External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.zaman.com.tr/haber.do?haberno=211700&keyfield=636C696E746F6E, "Bill Clinton: Diyaloğun artması Türkiye'ye bağlı", Zaman, 19 September 2005
  2. http://www.zaman.com.tr/haber.do?haberno=781833&keyfield=62757A7A20616C6472696E, "The Man on the Moon,Buzz Aldrin: Dolunaya bakanlar bizleri de hatırlıyor", Zaman, 26 June 2005
  3. http://www.zaman.com.tr/haber.do?haberno=180729&keyfield=42727A657A696E736B69, "Zbigniew Brzezinski: Süngü zoruyla demokrasi olmaz", Zaman, 7 June 2005
  4. Web site: "Buzz Aldrin: Those Looking at the Full Moon also Remember us!", Today's Zaman, 9 August 2005 . 2012-04-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140427104527/http://www.todayszaman.com/news-22793-interviewbuzz-aldrin-those-looking-at-the-full-moon-also-remember-usbyali-cimen.html . 2014-04-27 . dead .
  5. Web site: "Gladio historian Ganser: Europe still does not know the full story behind Gladio", Today's Zaman, 24 July 2008 . 2012-04-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305021547/http://www.todayszaman.com/news-148359-gladio-historian-europe-still-does-not-know-the-full-story-behind-gladio.html . 2016-03-05 . dead .
  6. http://tr.euronews.com/2011/05/05/roportaj-libya-nereye-gidiyor/ "Röportaj: Libya nereye gidiyor?", Euronews, 5 May 2011
  7. http://fr.euronews.com/2010/06/06/elif-shafak-je-ne-pense-pas-qu-une-europe-ayant-une-seule-couleur-et-une-seule-/ "Elif Safak:Je ne pense pas qu’une Europe ayant une seule couleur et une seule voix serait une bonne chose pour les Européens", Euronews, 6 June 2010
  8. Web site: "Timaş Publications / Authors ", Ali Çimen .
  9. Web site: "Kitap Yurdu / Yazarlar / Ali Çimen", Yazar Hakkında .