About

One profile across journalism, civic communication, and shipped product work.

This page holds the full story in one place: the role history, the education background, and the graduate research that shaped how I think about audiences, media, and interface decisions.

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A decade of experience bridging high-stakes journalism and product work
Expertise in elections, civic data, and institutional accountability
Full-stack product delivery across newsrooms and independent ventures
Experience

Role history, with the employer context attached

2025 - Present

Independent app developer and data journalist

Self-directed work

Mobile apps, interactive case studies, and public-interest reporting

Building consumer iOS apps while continuing reporting, data analysis, and editorial-style product work in one portfolio.

Shipped React Native and Expo apps as real App Store productsBuilt case studies that connect reporting, interface design, and engineeringUsing independent work as proof of end-to-end product ownership
2024

Communications advisor

Izmir Metropolitan Municipality and Izbeton

Civic communications, digital content, and documentary production

Produced public-facing communication work for municipal institutions, with a mix of editorial structure, visual communication, and delivery.

Worked inside a civic institution context with public accountabilityProduced digital communication assets and documentary workBridged reporting instincts with message clarity and execution
2014 - 2024

Senior digital journalist

BirGun, dokuz8HABER, and Egede SonSoz

Digital reporting, live publishing, and visual storytelling

Built a decade-long newsroom foundation across reporting, publishing, analysis, and multi-format storytelling, with a strong focus on politics, cities, and public systems.

Covered elections, civic systems, transportation, and political accountabilityWorked across fast newsroom publishing and deeper analytical formatsDeveloped the reporting habits that now shape product and interface decisions
Education

Academic background behind the work

2017 - 2019

Kadir Has University

Master's degree, New Media

GPA 3.68

Data Analysis
2011 - 2015

Ege University

Bachelor's degree, Journalism

GPA 2.94

Activities and societies: University club of Sci-Fi and Fantasy.

2014

University of Lodz

Bachelor's degree, Journalism

GPA 3.75

Erasmus programme.

Publication

Graduate research that belongs in the profile story

Master's thesis

News readers' perception of clickbait news

Kadir Has University · 2019

Graduate research on how online news readers perceive clickbait, combining survey data, open-ended responses, and interviews with digital news executives.

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