Gülhan Şen (born July 16, 1978) is a -Bulgarian-Turkish

television presenter A television presenter (or television host, some become a "television personality") is a person who introduces or hosts television show, television programs, often serving as a mediator for the program and the audience. It is common for people ...

, producer and speaker.

Biography

Gülhan Şen was born in

Shumen Shumen (, also Romanization of Bulgarian, romanized as ''Shoumen'' or ''Šumen'', ) is the List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, tenth-largest city in Bulgaria and the administrative and economic capital of Shumen Province. Etymology The city ...

Bulgaria Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey t ...

and completed primary school there. In 1985, her name changed to ''Galina Hristova Mihaylova'' due to a compulsory name change law, and a compulsory immigration law applied to Turks brought her to

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

in 1989. Şen graduated from Muhsin Adil Binal Secondary School and Kabataş High School in

, and studied radio and television at

Istanbul University Istanbul University, also known as University of Istanbul (), is a Public university, public research university located in Istanbul, Turkey. Founded by Mehmed II on May 30, 1453, a day after Fall of Constantinople, the conquest of Constantinop ...

Communication Faculty. In

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, Şen took courses on "Television News and Programs Preparation" at

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News Agency.

Career

Şen worked at HBB, BRT, Star TV and

CNN Türk Cable News Network Türk (known as CNN Türk) is a Turkish free-to-air television news channel, launched on 11 October 1999 as the local affiliate of American channel CNN. It broadcasts exclusively for Turkey and it is owned by Demirören Grou ...

. After directing ''Türk Sinemasi 2003'' ("Turkish Cinema 2003") and ''Sis Bulutunun Ardında: Alzheimer'' ("Fog Clouds: Alzheimer"), she carried on her career by preparing, presenting and directing for the TV 8 ''Zamanın Ruhu: Zeitgeist'' ("Spirit of Time: Zeitgeist") programme. On 3 October 2007, her new programme ''Gülhan'ın Galaksi Rehberi'' ("Gülhan's Guide to the Galaxy"), a travel show primarily about travel abroad, began on TV 8.(7 December 2008)
Şen ola galaksi turun şen ola!
, ''

Zaman (newspaper) ''Zaman'' (, literally "time" or "era"), sometimes stylized as ZAMAN, was a daily newspaper in Turkey. ''Zaman'' was a major, high-circulation daily before government seizure on 4 March 2016 (the circulation was around 650,000 as of February 20 ...

'' (in Turkish), Retrieved December 16, 2010(29 November 2010)
ŞEN ALDIĞI ÖDÜLÜ NEDEN GİZLEDİ
''Medydarazzi.com'', Retrieved December 16, 2010 (regarding award given to Şen)

Productions

*''Stardust'' ( Star TV, 2002) *''Eğitim ve Kariyer'' ("Education and Career",

, 2003) *''Zamanın Ruhu: Zeitgeist'' ("When Spirit: Zeitgeist", TV8, 2004–2007) *''Bayanlar Baylar'' ("Ladies and Gentlemen ", TV8, 2006) *''Gülhan'ın Galaksi Rehberi'' ("Gülhan's Guide to the Galaxy", TV8, later

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, 2007–) *''Pür Dikkat'' (TV8, 2009) *''Kanalizasyon ''(2009) – Presenter *'' İşler Güçler'' (2012) – Deniz

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sen, Gulhan 1978 births Living people Turkish television producers Turkish television presenters Kabataş Erkek Lisesi alumni People from Shumen Bulgarian Turks in Turkey