Nazlı Tolga (born 8 November 1979) is a Turkish-Dutch journalist, educator and television host. Tolga was the anchorwoman of the leading local and foreign affairs programme FOX Ana Haber and ''Nazlı Tolga ile Haber Masası''. Nazlı Tolga was born in

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, Turkey. She was born into a Muslim-Turkish Family from

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and

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in Ankara. She is fluent in Turkish, Dutch, Brazilian Portuguese, and English. After completing her elementary and high school education in American College of Istanbul, she attended

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, Faculty of Communication–the leading institution of communication education and studies in Turkey. She studied at the Department of Journalism. Tolga started her journalism career at

Kanal D Kanal D (English: Channel D) is a nationwide television channel in Turkey that is part of Demirören Group. It was founded by Ayhan Şahenk and Aydın Doğan in 1993. The network has also run an international channel, Euro D, since 1996, whic ...

Haber in 1998. She worked in

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, Skyturk, and Fox. She married Dutch businessman Lawrence Brenninkmeyer at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit in Istanbul in September 2013. She lives in

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, and

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. She is a

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since 2013. In the past years, Tolga became the mother of two baby girls.

TV programmes

* ''Kanal D Gece Haberleri'' (

, 1998–2002) * ''Nazlı Tolga ile Haber Masası'' (Skyturk, 2004 – September 2007) * ''Show Haber'' (2002–2003) * ''FOX ON Ana Haber'' (2008–2010) * ''Nazlı Tolga ile Fox Ana Haber'' (3 September 2007 – 14 June 2013)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tolga, Nazli 1979 births People from Ankara Journalists from Istanbul Turkish television journalists Turkish women journalists Dutch journalists Dutch women journalists Dutch people of Turkish descent Dutch former Sunni Muslims Marmara University alumni Living people Women television journalists Converts to Roman Catholicism from Sunni Islam Turkish Roman Catholics Turkish former Sunni Muslims Turkish educators Turkish women educators