Two Famous Turkish Journalists
S
avaş Ay was born on the 26th of
March, 1954 to singer Şükran Ay and
famous magician Turan Turanlı. He
studied at Pertevniyal High Scool and
Marmara University. When he was in high
school his father, Turan Turan, applied to
the court to change their family name to
"Ay". Savaş Ay read "Tin Tin" all his
childhood and, inspired by these comics,
decided to be a journalist.
He began his journalism career in 1974 at
Dünya newpaper. After that he worked for
Vatan, Tercüman, Milliyet, Sabah, Posta
and Akajans. He was a columnist in
Takvim. He, who was an international
journalist and photographer, worked for
Sipa Press. His photographs were used as
a magazine cover in Time and Bunte.
In 1984, he started to work as a TV
reporter. When he was a journalist and
reporter, he won more than 600 awards.
The most important award for him was
"the journalist of the year" which was
given by the Turkey Journalist Association
bee writer
ITU Writing Center Student Magazine
in 1992. After that, he started to produce
"A Takımı" programme which is identified
with Savaş Ay.
When he was fighting with throat cancer,
his heart stopped and he passed away on
the 24th of October, 2013.
M
ehmet Ali Birand was born to
İzzet Birand and his wife
Mirvet Birand on the 3rd of
December, 1941. When he was 2 yearsold, he lost his father to a heart attack, so
rough days began for him and his mother.
He completed Galatasaray High School
with his uncle's financial support. He
studied French at Istanbul University, but
he had monetary problems, so he dropped
out.
When he was 3 years-old, boiled water
spilled on his legs. He had 5 different
operations, so he spent 1 year in hospital
in total. In 1963, he went to England for
his last operation. Meanwhile, he got a job
offer from his friend Abdi İpekçi, who he
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