Sally Ayhan is an Australian news presenter and correspondent.
Ayhan is a former news presenter on ''
Nine News Perth,'' and Washington correspondent and presenter on TRT World, based in Istanbul, Turkey. She is currently a member of Celebro Media.
Career
Ayhan has reported across Europe and the Middle East region on a wide range of major breaking news stories including the
refugee crisis
A refugee crisis can refer to difficulties and dangerous situations in the reception of large groups of Forced displacement, forcibly displaced persons. These could be either internally displaced person, internally displaced, refugees, asylum ...
in Greece, terror attacks in Ankara and Istanbul and the 2016 Iran elections.
Prior to working in news, Ayhan completed a period of studying and working in
Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...
which included writing for ''Time Out Istanbul'' and working for
Turkish television
The television industry in Turkey includes high-tech program production, transmission and coverage. Turkish Radio and Television Corporation is Turkey's largest and most powerful national television station. As of 1 August 2019, RTÜK states tha ...
. She returned to Australia in 2008 and began to work as a presenter on various online channels including a
film review
Film criticism is the analysis and evaluation of films and the film medium. In general, film criticism can be divided into two categories: journalistic criticism that appears regularly in newspapers, magazines and other popular mass-media outlet ...
program, and produced lifestyle content.
In July 2014, Sally resigned from
Nine Network
The Nine Network (stylised 9Network, commonly known as Channel Nine or simply Nine) is an Australian commercial free-to-air television network. It is owned by parent company Nine Entertainment and is one of five main free-to-air television netw ...
in August to study international relations in the United Kingdom. Ayhan finished with the
Nine Network
The Nine Network (stylised 9Network, commonly known as Channel Nine or simply Nine) is an Australian commercial free-to-air television network. It is owned by parent company Nine Entertainment and is one of five main free-to-air television netw ...
in September and was replaced by
Scherri-Lee Biggs
Scherri-Lee Biggs is a South African-Australian TV host, dancer, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Australia 2011 and represented Australia at Miss Universe 2011 and placed Top 10.
Biggs currently presents th ...
.
References
External links
Presenters at the Weather ChannelSally Ayhan on Misc. Directory
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Australian television presenters
Australian women television presenters
Living people
1983 births