Didem Ünsal (born 11 April 1966) is a Turkish journalist, television presenter, and author. She is specializes in health issues.

Early life and education

She was born in

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, Turkey on 11 April 1966. In 1987, she graduated from the Department of Radio and Television of the Faculty of Communication at

Gazi University Gazi University ( tr, Gazi Üniversitesi) is a public university primarily located in Ankara, Turkey. It was established in 1926 by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk as Gazi Teacher Training Institute. In 1982, it was reorganized by merging with the Bolu ...

in Ankara.

Career

Right after her graduation in 1987, she started working in the newspaper ''

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'' in Ankara. From 1989 on, she continued her journalism career in

Istanbul Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...

, where she worked for the newspapers ''

Sabah Sabah () is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia located in northern Borneo, in the region of East Malaysia. Sabah borders the Malaysian state of Sarawak to the southwest and the North Kalimantan province of Indone ...

'', ''

Yeni Yüzyıl ''Yeni Yüzyıl'' (''New Century'') was a Turkish newspaper. It was published from 1994 to 1999, closing down due to legal and financial problems. It had been acquired in August 1998 from Dinç Bilgin's Sabah group by Korkmaz Yiğit Korkmaz Yiğ ...

'', ''

Milliyet ''Milliyet'' ( Turkish for "''nationality''") is a Turkish daily newspaper published in Istanbul, Turkey. History and profile ''Milliyet'' came to publishing life at the Nuri Akça press in Babıali, Istanbul as a daily private newspaper on 3 ...

'', and ''

Hürriyet ''Hürriyet'' (, ''Liberty'') is one of the major Turkish newspapers, founded in 1948. , it had the highest circulation of any newspaper in Turkey at around 319,000. ''Hürriyet'' has a mainstream, liberal and conservative outlook. ''Hürriyet ...

'', as well as for the magazine ''Artı Haber'', the broadcaster Bayrak Radio and Television Corporation (BRT) of

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and as a health editor at the Medical Channel. She is specialized in health issues.

Works

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References

1966 births Living people 20th-century Turkish journalists 21st-century Turkish journalists 21st-century Turkish women writers Gazi University alumni Health and wellness writers Hürriyet people Milliyet people Sabah (newspaper) people Turkish television journalists Turkish women columnists Ulus (newspaper) people Writers from Ankara Yeni Yüzyıl people 20th-century Turkish women journalists 21st-century Turkish women journalists {{Turkey-journalist-stub