Afsin Yurdakul

Alumni, Global Shapers Community

MSc, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. 2018 Inaugural Robert L. Long Fellow, Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard. Award-winning Turkish journalist, news anchor, moderator. Hosted prime-time current affairs programs for Turkey's Habertürk News Network. Previously served as the network’s chief foreign editor. Has written about Turkey and the Middle East for publications such as The New York Times and Foreign Policy. Reported extensively on global affairs; conducted interviews with prominent Turkish and international figures. Moderated high-level panels at conferences organized by the World Economic Forum/Davos, the United Nations, and the World Bank, among others.

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