About

About me

My work has moved between newsrooms, public institutions, data projects, and independent mobile apps.

Along the way, I’ve learned how to build useful products, ask better questions of data, and explain complex work without losing people. Here’s the longer version.

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Four consumer iOS apps shipped to the App Store

Hands-on work with civic data, SQL, and interactive visualization

More than a decade across journalism, communications, and product delivery

Experience

From newsrooms to public institutions and independent products

2025 - Present

Independent

Independent Product Developer & Data Journalist

Mobile apps, interactive data stories, and public-interest reporting

I build and ship consumer iOS apps while continuing to report and tell stories with public data.

Shipped consumer apps including Bohça and ChoreUs to the App Store with React Native and ExpoTook features from initial scope and UX through Supabase integration, subscriptions, and releaseProduced interactive data stories with Python, SQL, D3.js, and PlotlyTurned technical and analytical work into clear onboarding, product copy, and public-facing explanations
2019 - 2024

İzmir Metropolitan Municipality & İZBETON

Communications Advisor & Data Specialist

Civic communications, digital campaigns, and data dashboard modeling

I led communications work, digital campaigns, and data analysis for İzmir Metropolitan Municipality and İZBETON.

Ran social channels and produced graphics and video for public campaignsBriefed and coordinated agencies and vendors from early direction through final quality checksAnalyzed traffic and transit data, including more than 17,000 collision records, with Python and SQLBuilt dashboards, D3.js charts, and visual reports for public communication and internal decisions
2014 - 2019

BirGün, dokuz8HABER, and Ege'de Sonsöz

Digital Journalist / Editor

Digital reporting, live publishing, and database analysis

I worked across breaking news, digital publishing, and data analysis in three Turkish newsrooms.

Reported on local government, politics, and other public-interest issues under daily deadlinesBuilt live election trackers, explainers, and newsroom graphics with SQL, Excel, and visual toolsResearched investigations through fact-checking, source verification, and public recordsCombined reporting and product thinking in live coverage, verification workflows, and audience-facing data tools
Education

What I studied

2017 - 2019

Kadir Has University

Master's Degree, New Media

GPA 3.68/4.00

Studied digital media, data analysis, and quantitative research methods.

Data Analysis
2011 - 2015

Ege University

Bachelor's Degree, Journalism

GPA 2.94/4.00

Completed an Erasmus exchange semester at the University of Lodz in 2014 (GPA 3.75/4.00). Member of Ege University’s Science Fiction and Fantasy club.

2014

University of Lodz

Bachelor's Degree, Journalism (Erasmus)

GPA 3.75/4.00

Erasmus exchange semester.

Publication

My graduate research

Master's thesis

News readers' perception of clickbait news

Kadir Has University · 2019

My master's research examined how online news readers understand and respond to clickbait, using survey data, open-ended responses, and interviews with digital news leaders.

Open thesis