İsmail Küçükkaya (born 20 January 1970) is a Turkish journalist, news anchor and writer.

Life and career

İsmail Küçükkaya was born on 20 January 1970 to Yunus and Halise Küçükkaya in Simav,

Kütahya Kütahya (; historically, Cotyaeum or Kotyaion; Ancient Greek, Greek: Κοτύαιον) is a city in western Turkey which lies on the Porsuk River, at 969 metres above sea level. It is the seat of Kütahya Province and Kütahya District. In 19 ...

. He finished his first and middle school education in Simav and in 1993 graduated from

Gazi University Gazi University () is a Public university, public research university located primarily in Ankara, Turkey. It was founded in 1926 by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk originally as the Gazi Education Institute (Turkish language, Turkish: ''Gazi Eğitim Ens ...

with a degree in journalism. He divorced his first wife in 2002 and on 10 July 2016 he married Eda Demirci. Küçükkaya and Demirci divorced in January 2020. İsmail Küçükkaya, who presented Morning News of

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between September 2013 and August 2022, has been presenting Morning News of

Halk TV Halk TV is a Turkish nationwide TV channel established in 2005. It is known for its relationship with the Republican People's Party (CHP), although the previous links were cut off in 2011 under the new CHP leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu.BBC, 4 Ju ...

since September 2022. İsmail Küçükkaya started his journalism career in 1991 as a reporter for ''

Hürriyet ''Hürriyet'' (, ''Liberty'') is a major List of newspapers in Turkey, Turkish newspaper, founded in 1948. it had the highest circulation of any newspaper in Turkey at around 319,000. ''Hürriyet'' combines entertainment with news coverage and ...

'' newspaper. After working at ''Hürriyet'', he worked for ''

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'' and ''

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'' newspapers. Küçükkaya started to work as a columnist for ''

Akşam ''Akşam'' (''Evening'') is a Turkish newspaper founded in 1918, owned by Zeki Yeşildağ's Türk Medya Grup (T Medya Yatırım San. ve Tic. AŞ.) since 2013. In 2013 it had a circulation of around 100,000. History ''Akşams founders in 1918 inc ...

'' newspaper in 2000, and continued to write columns in 2003. He then became the Ankara representative of SkyTürk TV. He was also appointed as the Ankara representative of ''Akşam'' newspaper in 2005-2008 and became the newspaper's editor-in-chief in November 2008. He was dismissed after the

Gezi Park protests A wave of demonstrations and civil unrest in Turkey began on 28 May 2013, initially to contest the urban development plan for Istanbul's Gezi Park. The protests were sparked by outrage at the violent eviction of a sit-in at the park protesting ...

in June 2013. In the same year, he started presenting his own morning program on

, titled ''İsmail Küçükkaya ile Çalar Saat''. He was the moderator of the Istanbul 2019 Election Special debate, which was broadcast before the

June 2019 Istanbul mayoral election The June 2019 Istanbul mayoral election was held on 23 June 2019. It was a repeat of the March 2019 mayoral election, which was annulled by the Supreme Electoral Council (YSK) on 6 May 2019. The original election had resulted in a narrow 0.2% ...

Bibliography

* ''Cumhuriyetimize Dair'' (2008) * ''Cumhuriyet'in İlk Yüzyılı'' (2012; with

İlber Ortaylı İlber Ortaylı (; born 21 May 1947) is a Turkish historian and professor of history of Crimean Tatar origin at the MEF University, Galatasaray University in Istanbul and at Bilkent University in Ankara. In 2005, he was appointed as the dire ...

) * ''Korkma'' (2016) * ''Biraz Cesaret'' (2019) * ''Fikri Hür Vicdanı Hür'' (2020)

Awards and nominations

Golden Butterfly Awards The Golden Butterfly Awards (Turkish: ''Altın Kelebek Ödülleri'') are annual Turkish music and television awards held since 1972. Sponsored by Pantene, winners are chosen by readers of the daily newspaper ''Hürriyet'', and the event is broad ...

- Best Male News Presenter (2017; nominated) *Turkey Golden Brand Awards - TV Presenter of the Year (2017; won) * MGD Awards - Best Morning News Program (2018; won)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Küçükkaya, İsmail Gazi University alumni Turkish columnists Turkish television news anchors Living people 1970 births Turkish non-fiction writers People from Kütahya