Melis Alphan
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Melis Alphan | |
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 Melis Alphan | |
| Born | 1978 (age 46–47) İzmir, Turkey |
| Citizenship | Turkish |
| Education | American Collegiate Institute London College of Fashion |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Years active | 2001-present |
Melis Alphan (Melis Çelebi; born 1978), is a Turkish journalist and author. She is known for her women's rights activism and her fashion journalism.[1]
Following her graduation from the American Collegiate Institute in İzmir, she studied Fashion at the London College of Fashion from where she earned a BSc.[2] Following she studied for a while at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York.[2] In 2001 she returned to Turkey and initiated her journalistic career at the Vizyon magazine.[2] The same year she began working at the newspaper Radikal and by 2003 she received a job at the Milliyet newspaper.[3] In 2009 she started to work at the Hürriyet newspaper, for which she reported for 9 years.[3] She wrote articles on women rights, fashion amongst other issues and with time she became one of the few female journalists to write a column in a Turkish newspaper.[4] In 2018 she was a member of the jury for the Metin Göktepe journalism award.[5] In 2019 she published the book I Will – Inspiring Life Stories.[4]