Semih Dündar İDİZ

He was born in Mexico City – Mexico in 1953 as a son of a Turkish diplomat father. He studied at Dublin University in Ireland and obtained degree in Philosophy and Economic and Social Studies. After return to Turkey, he entered Economic Press Agency in Ankara, and later worked in the Anatolian News Agency, Cumhuriyet daily, Turkish Daily News, NTV, Star daily, Aksam daily. During this period he worked as journalist, editor and finally becoming a columnist. In the meantime he worked as Diplomatic Editor for CNN Turk, which is a partner of CNN International’s. Presently he has a column in daily Milliyet and in the Hürriyet Daily News.  He has had articles, commentary and analyses published in the Financial Times, the Times, Mediterranean Quarterly and Foreign Policy.