Robert Turcescu (born May 3, 1975) is a Romanian journalist, politician, TV presenter,

media critic Media studies is a discipline and field of study that deals with the content, history, and effects of various media; in particular, the mass media. Media Studies may draw on traditions from both the social sciences and the humanities, but mostly ...

, radio personality, and singer-songwriter.

Early life and education

Born in Piteşti, he attended the Ion Brătianu High School there, followed by the Superior School of Journalism in

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ...

, which he finished in 1997. The following year, he graduated from the

University of Bucharest The University of Bucharest ( ro, Universitatea din București), commonly known after its abbreviation UB in Romania, is a public university founded in its current form on by a decree of Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza to convert the former Princel ...

's Faculty of Journalism and Communication Sciences.Profile
at realitatea.net; accessed August 16, 2010

Journalism

Turcescu began his career in 1993 as a writer for the magazine ''Pop Rock & Show'' and for the newspaper ''Curierul naţional''. The following year, the news agency A-M. Press hired him as a reporter. From 1996 to 1998, he worked as a reporter for Radio Total, advancing to editor-in-chief that year. In 2000, he became editor-in-chief at Europa FM, and since that year he has hosted the show ''România în direct'' there. In 2001 he was a presenter for TVR's ''Telematinal'' and an editor at ''

Evenimentul Zilei ''Evenimentul Zilei'' is a formerly physical and now exclusively online newspaper in Romania. Its name means "today's even (news)". History and profile ''Evenimentul Zilei'' was founded by Ion Cristoiu, Cornel Nistorescu and Mihai Cârciog, an ...

''. Since 2003 he has written for the magazine ''Dilema''. He hosted ''100%'' on

Realitatea TV Realitatea TV (, meaning "The Reality TV") is the former name of the Romanian news television channel Realitatea Plus. The channel began broadcasting in 2001 as a general-profile television and became the first Romanian news television in 2002. I ...

from that year until 2010. He has continued hosting his show at the

B1 TV B1 TV is a Romanian television network which began broadcasting in 2001 as a general-profile channel and became a news channel in 2011. B1 TV broadcasts 24 hours a day, seven days a week all over the country. Overview B1 TV's main purpose i ...

starting with the end of September 2010.Announcement of the move to B1 TV
accessed September 18, 2010 He was also editor-in-chief of ''

Cotidianul image:Cotidianul.png, The logo used between 2003 and 2007 ''Cotidianul'' (meaning ''The Daily'' in English) is a Romanian language newspaper published in Bucharest, Romania. History and profile Founded by Ion Raţiu, ''Cotidianul'' was first ...

'' in 2004–05. He is the host of ''100%'', a political one-to-one talk-show that aired on

and

. He participated in the

Eurovision Song Contest 2013 The Eurovision Song Contest 2013 was the 58th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Malmö, Sweden, following the country's victory at the with the song "Euphoria" by Loreen. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EB ...

with the song ''Un refren''.

Awards

He has received a number of awards. For instance, in 2002 the National Audiovisual Council named ''România în direct'' the best radio talk show, while in 2004, the Association of Television Professionals granted ''100%'' an award for best television talk show.

Undercover agent

Turcescu is best known for confessing in 2014 to being an undercover agent of a military secret service in Romania while posing as a freelance journalist for several years, thus raising concerns about the penetration of the secret security services in the media sector of Romania.Freedom House
Romania, 2014

Politics

In the Romanian local elections of 2016, Turcescu ran for mayor of

, supported by the

People's Movement Party The People's Movement Party ( ro, Partidul Mișcarea Populară, PMP) is a minor extra-parliamentary nominally centre-right Christian democratic, national-conservative political party in Romania. History The PMP was created as a political founda ...

(PMP); he subsequently placed 4th, with 6.46% of the votes. Afterwards, he became PMP's vice-president and ad interim president of the Bucharest branch. Turcescu eventually won a seat in the

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on PMP's party list in the wake of the 2016 legislative elections.

Notes

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