RAGIP DURAN
Journalist, born in Istanbul, 1954

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
*1978-80: Reporter with the international news desk of daily Aydinlik, Istanbul
*1981-83: Reporter with the local news desk of daily H rriyet, Istanbul
*1983-84: Fellowship of 'Centre de Formation et de Perfectionnement des Journalistes- JE'; Correspondent of daily H rriyet; free lance with the BBC, Cologne, Stockholm and Oslo Radio in Paris
*1984-87: Presenter-editor with the Turkish Section of BBC, London
*1987-88: Reporter with daily Cumhuriyet, Istanbul
*1988-89: Columnist with weekly Nokta, Istanbul
*1989-92: Istanbul representative of Agence France Presse(AFP)
*1992-92: Editor in chief of daily /zg r G ndem, Istanbul
*1992-99 : Turkey correspondent of French daily LibEration, Istanbul
*1997-99 : Media columnist with the Istanbul based daily Radikal, Istanbul
*1999-99 : Fellowship of Amsterdam Refuge City
*1999-00 : Nieman Fellow at Harvard University, Cambridge
*1999-00 : Boston Correspondent with AAik Radyo, Istanbul
*1999-00 : Media critic with dorduncukuvvetmedya@com (mediafourthpower), Istanbul
*1978- : Simultaneous interpreter (French/English/Turkish)

EDUCATION
*1963-1973: Franco-turkish college of Galatasaray, Istanbul
*1973-1978: Faculty of Law, University of Aix-Marseille

TEACHING
*1994 -99 : Lecturer on media ethics at Galatasaray University, Istanbul
*1994 -98 : Lecturer on media and news writing at Akademi Istanbul

PUBLISHED BOOKS
*Afgan SavasAilariyla (With the Afghan warriors), Istanbul,1980, Aydinlik,
*Russia's Vietnam (Translation in swedish), Stockholm , 1981, October
*Biz Devrimi.(Nous avions tant aimE la REvolution) Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Istanbul, 1986, AFA(Translation)
*Anneme reklamci... (Ne dites pas a ma mere...) Jacques SEguEla, Istanbul, 1987, AFA, (Translation)
* Apoletli Medya (Military media), Istanbul, 1997, Patika
* Burasi D nya Polis Radyosu (This is World Police Radio), 1999, Yapi Kredi

AWARDS
* Best Journalist, Turkey Human Rights Association, Istanbul, 1993
* Hellmann-Hammett, Freedom of Expression, New York, 1997
* Freedom of The Press, Journalist Assembly, Istanbul, 1998
* Freedom Of The Press, Contemporary Journalist Association, Bursa, 1999
* Publishing Freedom, Publishers Union, Istanbul, 1999
* Noureddine Zaza, Best Journalist, Paris Kurdish Institute, Paris 1999