İbrahim Eren (born 26 May 1980) is a

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bureaucrat.

Education

He graduated the Department of Political Science and International Relations of

Boğaziçi University Boğaziçi University ( tr, Boğaziçi Üniversitesi), also known as Bosphorus University, is a major research university in Istanbul, Turkey. Its main campus is located on the European side of the Bosphorus, Bosphorus strait. It has six facult ...

and went on to pursue a master of arts in Media Management from the

University of Westminster , mottoeng = The Lord is our Strength , type = Public , established = 1838: Royal Polytechnic Institution 1891: Polytechnic-Regent Street 1970: Polytechnic of Central London 1992: University of Westminster , endowment = £5.1 million ...

Career

Eren started his career at different companies in the field of culture and arts, later producing many programs, including national and international documentaries, animations, promotional films and commercials in the media production sector. He started to work at ATV within

Turkuvaz Media Group Turkuvaz Media Group is a Turkish media company. The company was sold to Çalık Holding in Aşiyan, Yıldız, Beşiktaş, Istanbul 2008. As of 2014 the company operates under Kemerburgaz, Eyüp, Göktürk, İstanbul in Kalyon Group. The compa ...

in 2008. In his role, he directed the processes of making internal productions effective and determining the channel restructuring strategies. İbrahim Eren began his career at

TRT The Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT; Turkish : ) is the national public broadcaster of Turkey, founded in 1964. TRT was for many years the only television and radio provider in Turkey. Before the introduction of commercial radio i ...

as deputy director general in 2013 and served as chairman and director general from July 2017 to 14 July 2021, when his mandate ended and was appointed in his place. After his appointment, Eren also relaunched

TRT 2 TRT 2 (''TRT Second'') is a Turkish culture and art television channel. Introduction TRT 2 started test transmissions on September 15, 1986 as "2. Kanal", and is now TRT's second-most-watched TV station. TRT 2 programs include education, cult ...

after seven years of inactivity. İbrahim Eren was, as director general of TRT, a member of the board of directors of the

European Broadcasting Union The European Broadcasting Union (EBU; french: Union européenne de radio-télévision, links=no, UER) is an alliance of Public broadcasting, public service media organisations whose countries are within the European Broadcasting Area or who ar ...

(EBU) and is currently the president of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU), as well as a board member for Türksat in the

International Emmy Awards The International Emmy Awards, or International Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the television industry. Bestowed by the New York–based International Academy of Television Arts and Sci ...

References

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