Ayşemden Akın

Ayşemden Akın

Editor in chief

Bugun Kıbrıs

She was born in Ankara in 1981. She graduated from the Department of Journalism at Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU). She has been working as a journalist since 2005. She worked at all levels of the profession from reporter to editor-in-chief. She wrote columns in Star Kıbrıs, Avrupa (Afrika) and Yenidüzen. Between 2012-2019, she was in charge of the Press Office of CTP (Republican Turkish Party). In 2021, together with her friends, she founded the free and independent newspaper/news site, Bugün Kıbrıs (www.bugunkibris.com), of which she is the Editor-in-Chief. She has won several awards in the categories of ‘Best News’, ‘Impactful Publications’ and a ‘Peace Award’. She has also been presenting weekly news from the north on her bi-communal radio programme on Astra FM since 2020.